1. Orange fibre effects on nutrient digestibility, fermentation products in faeces and digesta mean retention time in dogs
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Débora Alberici Eugênio, Lara Mantovani Volpe, Caroline Tiemi Ikuma, Priscila Martins Ribeiro, Lucas Bassi Scarpim, Stephanie de Souza Theodoro, Peterson Dante Gavasso Pacheco, Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi, Thaila Cristina Putarov, and Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
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0301 basic medicine ,Dietary Fiber ,Male ,Beet pulp ,Inulin ,Butyrate ,Orange (colour) ,Gut flora ,digestive system ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Feces ,Random Allocation ,Dogs ,Animals ,Food science ,Nutrient digestibility ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,soluble fibre ,General Veterinary ,biology ,inulin ,Chemistry ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,0402 animal and dairy science ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,Nutrients ,biology.organism_classification ,butyrate ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Animal Feed ,Gastrointestinal Contents ,Diet ,extrusion ,Dietary Supplements ,Fermentation ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ,Digestion ,Female ,Citrus sinensis - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2022-05-01T05:29:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01 Fermentable fibres are used in commercial dog food to promote intestinal health by providing substrates for better metabolic activity of the gut microbiota. Brazil is the world’s largest producer of oranges, from which it is possible to obtain fibre with a relevant soluble fraction. The present study compared the effects of two inclusions of orange fibre (1% and 3%, on as fed basis) with a negative control (without addition of fibre source) and two positive controls, beet pulp (3%) and purified inulin (1%), totalling five extruded diets for dogs. The experiment followed a randomised block design with 4 blocks of 10 dogs, 2 dogs per food in each block, totalling 8 dogs per diet. The apparent total tract nutrient digestibility was determined by total faecal collection. Faecal pH and fermentation product content were also measured. The digesta mean retention time (DMRT) was evaluated using plastic markers. The inclusion of a 3% fibre source in diets with 3% orange fibre and beet pulp reduced DM, OM, and energy digestibility (p
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- 2021