1. Digestibility of a home-made diet and two dog foods, standard and super-premium, for dogs
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Felix, A. P., Sá-Fortes, C. M L, Silva, A. C M, Nascimento, S. T., Carciofi, A. C. [UNESP], Laurentiz, A. C. [UNESP], Bergamaschine, A. F. [UNESP], Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Nutrição Animal, Zootecnista Autônoma, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Pet food ,Dog nutrition ,Animalia ,Canis familiaris ,Home-made food - Abstract
Submitted by Vitor Silverio Rodrigues (vitorsrodrigues@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2014-05-27T11:24:32Z No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-05-27T14:46:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 2-s2.0-77954300589.pdf: 47314 bytes, checksum: 4df429dbc640008f84eb03a719c72e07 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-27T11:24:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-12-01 They were compared the coefficients of apparent digestibility (CAD) and the fecal quality of dogs fed a home-made diet and two dog foods, standard and super-premium. Six adult dogs were distributed in a double latin square desing (3 × 3), with three treatments and three periods, in a total of six replications per treatment. Tukey's test was used to compare the means. The home-made diet presented the highest CAD, not differing only of the CAD of acid ether extract of the super-premium food. The standard food was the lowest digestive, producting more feces. Fecal dry matter of dogs fed home-made diet was lower than in the standard and super-premium foods, which did not differ among then. Fecal score presented low variability among treatments, remaining in the considered ideal range. Home-made diet can be an alternative in the feeding of dogs. Ciências Veterinárias UFPR Nutrição Animal Zootecnista Autônoma Zootecnista Programa de Pós-graduação ESALQ Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária FCAV UNESP/Jaboticabal Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia FE, UNESP/Ilha Solteira Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária FCAV UNESP/Jaboticabal Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia FE, UNESP/Ilha Solteira
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- 2009