A comparison of two methods to assess apparent total tract digestibility of nutrients in dogs.

Autor: Duque-Saldarriaga JC; Nutri-Solla Research and Development Group, SOLLA S.A, Itagüí, Colombia.; GRICA Research Group, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Posada-Ochoa SL; GRICA Research Group, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Agudelo-Trujillo JH; GRICA Research Group, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Gómez-Osorio LM; Nutri-Solla Research and Development Group, SOLLA S.A, Itagüí, Colombia.; GRICA Research Group, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of animal nutrition [Arch Anim Nutr] 2020 Apr; Vol. 74 (2), pp. 138-149. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 03.
DOI: 10.1080/1745039X.2019.1698899
Abstrakt: The apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of nutrients can be assessed by total collection of faeces (TC), which is the reference method, or by the indicator method (IM). Little information is available on proper faecal sampling methodologies for IM in canines to obtain results comparable to TC. The objective of this study was to determine the minimum number of sub-samples required for the IM to make it comparable with TC. A total of 11 adult male dogs were individually housed in metabolism cages. Dogs had access to a grass yard to facilitate defaecation. Faecal sub-samples (1/day) were taken from the daily faecal output to prepare the pooled samples for IM, obtaining cumulative sample combinations of 3 (IM3), 4 (IM4), 5 (IM5), 6 (IM6) and 7 d (IM7). Digestibility of dry matter, gross energy, crude protein and crude fibre was similar between TC and IM5, IM6 and IM7 ( p > 0.05). The IM7 presented the greatest statistical similarity with TC. Nevertheless, IM was not a good predictor of crude fibre digestibility. In conclusion, IM can replace the TC method in dogs to evaluate ATTD of several nutritional fractions as long as the composite sample is collected during seven consecutive days. For estimation of fibre digestibility by IM, longer collection periods are probably required.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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