Safety of Dietary Camelina Oil Supplementation in Healthy, Adult Dogs

Autor: Nadeem Akhtar, Taylor L. Richards, Anna K. Shoveller, Caitlin E Grant, Wendy Pearson, Keely Patterson, Scarlett Burron, Luciano Trevizan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Animals
Volume 11
Issue 9
Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Animals, Vol 11, Iss 2603, p 2603 (2021)
ISSN: 2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani11092603
Popis: This study aimed to determine whether camelina oil is safe for use in canine diets, using canola oil and flax oil as controls, as they are similar and generally regarded as safe (GRAS) for canine diets. A total of thirty privately-owned adult dogs of various breeds (17 females
13 males), with an average age of 7.2 ± 3.1 years (mean ± SD) and a body weight (BW) of 27.4 ± 14.0 kg were used. After a 4-week wash-in period using sunflower oil and kibble, the dogs were blocked by breed, age, and size and were randomly allocated to one of three treatment oils (camelina (CAM), flax (FLX), or canola (OLA)) at a level of 8.2 g oil/100 g total dietary intake. Body condition score (BCS), BW, food intake (FI), and hematological and select biochemical parameters were measured at various timepoints over a 16-week feeding period. All of the data were analyzed with ANOVA using the PROC GLIMMIX of SAS. No biologically significant differences were seen between the treatment groups in terms of BW, BCS, FI, and hematological and biochemical results. Statistically significant differences noted among some serum biochemical results were considered small and were due to normal biological variation. These results support the conclusion that camelina oil is safe for use in canine nutrition.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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