Nutrient digestibility, hindgut metabolites and antioxidant status of dogs supplemented with pomegranate peel extract

Autor: Tony Jose, Ashok K. Pattanaik, Sunil E. Jadhav, Narayan Dutta, Shalini Sharma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Nutritional Science, Vol 6 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2048-6790
DOI: 10.1017/jns.2017.34
Popis: The present study assessed the effect of dietary supplementation of pomegranate peel (methanolic) extract (PPE) on the nutrient digestibility, faecal fermentative metabolites and antioxidant status of dogs. Six medium-sized dogs of mixed breeds were allocated to two groups in a replicated cross-over design and fed a basal diet with and without supplementation of PPE at 50 mg/kg body weight. Each of the experimental periods consisted of 30 d, with a 21 d washout period in between. Results indicated that PPE supplementation led to no significant changes in nutrient digestibility except a trend of improvement (P = 0·070) in crude fibre digestibility. PPE supplementation significantly (P
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