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Canine Low Salt Diet.

Canine Low Salt Diet
lb. ground round or other lean beef
2 cups cooked rice without salt
2 teaspoons dicalcium phosphate2
Balanced vitamin-mineral supplement in a quantity sufficient to provide the daily requirement for each vitamin and trace mineral.
Cook beef in skillet, stirring until lightly browned. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Keep covered in the refrigerator.Yield: 1 lb.
Protein 6.3%
Fat 5.5%
Carbohydrate 17.7%
*Sodium .01%
Metabolizable Energy 660 Kcal./lb
* This diet contains approximately 50 mg. sodium/100 gm. dry diet. Veterinary cardiologists recommend a ration containing not more than 50 mg. sodium/100 gm. dry diet for dogs with congestive heart failure.
Feed sufficient amount to maintain normal body weight.
Body Weight Approximate Daily Feeding
5 lb. lb.
10 lb. lb.
20 lb. 1 lb.
40 lb. 1 lb.
60 lb. 2 lb.
80 lb. 2 lb.
100 lb. 3 lb.
Feed only the low sodium diet. All snacks, tidbits and treats, especially table food, must be eliminated.

2Dicalcium Phosphate Sources: Drug and Health Food Stores; Substitute=Bone Meal
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