Puppy growth feed cost per tonne (dog)

Least-cost cost of a puppy growth (dog) template formula, re-solved weekly at Feedsoft benchmark prices by market: history, what drove the change, the current mix and the ingredients close to entering it. Growth and reproduction. Calcium is capped as well as floored — a large-breed puppy is harmed by too much of it, which makes it one of the few nutrients where more is worse.

Nutrient targets (as fed): ME dog ≥ 3.9 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 28 %, Lysine ≥ 1.15 %, Methionine + cystine ≥ 0.8 %, Threonine ≥ 0.85 %, Tryptophan ≥ 0.22 %, Arginine ≥ 1.1 %, Calcium 1.2–1.6 %, Phosphorus (total) 1–1.4 %, Sodium 0.3–0.7 %, Ether extract (fat) ≥ 15 %, Linoleic acid ≥ 1.8 %, Crude fiber ≤ 4 %, Ash ≤ 9 %.

Ingredients allowed: Brewers rice 0–45%, Corn grain 0–35%, Field peas (ground) 0–20%, Poultry meal (pet grade) 0–40%, Lamb meal 0–15%, Dried egg product 0–8%, Pea protein concentrate 55% 0–15%, Beet pulp (dried pellets) 0–8%, Powdered cellulose 0–3%, Chicken fat (tocopherol preserved) 0–15%, Soybean oil 0–4%, Poultry liver digest (palatant) 1–2.5%, Limestone 0–2.5%, Dicalcium phosphate 0–2.5%, Salt 0.3–0.6%, DL-Methionine 0–0.4%, L-Lysine HCl 0–0.4%, Vitamin premix 0.2%, Trace mineral premix 0.15%.

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