ANALYSIS OF NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION IN CATS FEEDING/ ANALISE DE INFORMACOES NUTRICIONAIS EM RACOES PARA GATOS/ ANALISIS DE INFORMACION NUTRICIONAL EN LA ALIMENTACION DE GATOS

Feeding domestic animals becomes more demanding and balanced every day, aiming to improve the quality of life these animals. Currently, there is a wide variety of feeds to meet this demand and facilitate the supply of food to animals by tutors. In this work, the nutritional information on the food labels for domestic cats sold in the city of Bom Jesus- PI was evaluated and the price per kilogram, nutrient content in each category of feed for each group of animals was established, with the purpose of nutritional information and establish a cost benefit relationship between them. The results show that there is a lot of difference between the rations, whether of the same classification, between them and/or different groups, both in terms of price, and in terms of quantity and quality of nutrients. The same feed with different prices was observed, as well as feed from the same category destined to the same group of animals, but with very different nutrient content. This study also takes into account the special rations for animals with urinary, kidney and obese problems, demonstrating the importance of the difference in nutrients in the rations for those animals. What could be observed with this work is that the choice of feed based on the quality and quantity of nutrients is essential to strengthen and nourish the animal, in addition to preventing or alleviating health problems, and that the cost of feed does not differ much according to the categories presented. Keywords: feed, cats, nutrients, category A alimentacao dos animais domesticos se torna cada dia mais exigente e balanceada, visando a melhora na qualidade de vida destes animais. Atualmente, existe uma grande variedade de racoes para atender esta demanda e facilitar a oferta de alimentos aos animais pelos tutores. Neste trabalho foram avaliadas as informacoes nutricionais nos rotulos de racoes para felinos domesticos comercializadas na cidade de Bom Jesus- PI e estabelecida a relacao preco por quilograma, teor de nutrientes em cada categoria das racoes para cada grupo de animais, com o objetivo informativo nutricional e estabelecer uma relacao custo-beneficio entre as mesmas. Os resultados revelaram que ha diferencas entre as racoes, seja da mesma classificacao, entre elas e/ou grupos diferentes, tanto em questao de preco, como em quantidade e qualidade de nutrientes. Observou-se a mesma racao com precos diferentes, assim como racoes da mesma categoria destinada ao mesmo grupo de animais, mas que po