You have a 30 kg dog and his daily energy need has been estimated at 1200 kcal o

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You have a 30 kg dog and his daily energy need has been estimated at 1200 kcal of ME/day and his food contain 3000 kcal ME/kg [55% CHO, 25% protein, 10% fat, 5% fiber]. You started taking this dog for 10 km walk daily. Using the numbers provided in slide 11. Calculate the dog total energy need? His total food intake before starting the walk and after? Calculate his energy and food need if his walk increases to 50 km/day? [10 points]

b. Would you recommend the current food for dog walks 50 km/day (justify your answer]? And what changes would you recommend for the food

***Slide 11 indicates that a 30 kg dog loses 30 kcals/km walked

Explanation / Answer

dog's walk is 10km so his energy need is;

300 kcal.

and his body energy need is 1200 kcal;

so total energy requirement is 1500 kcal.

dog needs to eat 1500 kcal per day, or 500gms of food per day.

so 250 gms before walking 250 gms after walking.

if dog walks 50km so his energy requirement is 1500+ 1200 = 2700 kcal;

so dog will need to eat 900gms of food daily.

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