Dietary protein source and manufacturing processes affect macronutrient digestibility, fecal consistency, and presence of fecal Clostridium perfringens in adult dogs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Zentek, Jürgen ^a,b   Fricke, Sonja ^a   Hewicker Trautwein, Marion ^a   Ehinger, Britt ^a   Amtsberg, Gunter ^a   Baums, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Dogs; Gut histology; Gut morphology; Protein intake

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 3543091532     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.8.2158s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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