Effects of dietary supplementation with increasing doses of lactose on faecal bacterial populations and metabolites and apparent total tract digestibility in adult dogs

The effect of increasing dietary doses of lactose on canine faecal microbiota and apparent digestibility was evaluated. Fourteen adult healthy dogs [1–5 years of age, mean body weight (BW) of 19.0 kg] were fed with an extruded diet containing silica (5 g/kg) as a digestion marker. After a 20 d adapt...

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Main Authors: Monica Grandi, Carlo Pinna, Alessio Bonaldo, Claudio Stefanelli, Carla Giuditta Vecchiato, Giuliano Zaghini, Giacomo Biagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-10-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2018.1459210