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Are there Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs) for dogs, particularly for sodium?

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Are there Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs) for dogs, particularly for sodium?

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There are no RDAs yet for dogs. There will be an equivalent if/when the “new” Nutrient Requirements for Dogs and Cats publishes. The minimum daily sodium (Na) requirement for dogs is rather low and not particularly challenging to meet. The 1985 National Research Council Nutrient Requirements of Dogs listed the minimum requirement as 11 milligrams (mg) Na per kg body weight for adult maintenance in a 10 kg dog eating 742 kcal or -metabolizable energy (ME) per day and 30 mg Na per kg body weight for growth in a 3 kg Beagle puppy eating 600 kcal ME per day. For growth, this translates into about 0.15 grams (not milligrams) per 1000 kcal ME or about 0.09% Na on a dry matter basis. AAFCO’s Dog Food Nutrient Profiles, which might be viewed as somewhat representative of an RDA, list a recommended Na-content of 0.2% on a dry matter basis for both growth and adult maintenance, and 0.86 grams per 1,000 kcal ME for growth and 0.17 grams per 1000 kcal ME for adult maintenance. If you would like to

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