Cats in Positive Energy Balance Have Lower Rates of Adipose Gain When Fed Diets Containing 188 versus 121 ppm L-Carnitine

Table 1

Guaranteed analysis on an “as fed” basis of final products fed to cats. All analyses represent an average of triplicate analyses.

Nutrient	LC121 (121 ppm LC)	LC188 (188 ppm LC)
Fat (%)	16.2	15.8
Ash (%)	6.2	6.0
Crude fiber (%)	1.75	2.07
Moisture (%)	6.11	6.23
Protein (%)	33.5	32.3
L-carnitine (ppm)	121	188
Calculated energy density (kcal/kg)	3752	3728

Value calculated using the modified Atwater calculation and not accounting for total dietary fiber.