Effects of short-chain fructooligosaccharides and galactooligosaccharides, individually and in combination, on nutrient digestibility, fecal fermentative metabolite concentrations, and large bowel microbial ecology of healthy adults cats

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1376-1384

  Kanakupt, K ^a   Vester Boler, B M ^a   unsford, B R ^b   Fahey, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GTC Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Galactooligosaccharide; Microbiota; Nutrient digestibility; Protein catabolite; Short chain fructooligosaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAT; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CATS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FECES; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 80051854105     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3201     Document Type: Article

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