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| Alarça,Laís Guimarães; Murakami,Fabiane Yukiko; Félix,Ananda Portella; Krabbe,Everton Luis; Oliveira,Simone Gisele de; Silva,Sebastião Aparecido Borges da. |
| ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the digestibility and the immunomodulatory effects of diets supplemented with lutein in dogs. Sixteen adult dogs were distributed in two groups (control and test) in a completely randomized design. Dogs were fed for 120 days with iso-nutritive diets, which only difference was the inclusion of 45g lutein/kg in the diet fed to the test group. Blood samples were collected in the beginning and at the end of the experimental period to evaluate total lymphocyte, lymphocyte proliferation index, and CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte counts. In order to evaluate apparent diet digestibility, dogs were housed in metabolic cages for ten days (five days of adaptation and five for faeces total collection). Coefficients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Carotenoids; CD4+; CD8+; Immunity. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001202195 |
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| Sabchuk,Tabyta Tamara; Félix,Ananda Portella; Comin,Juliana Grigoletto; Alarça,Laís Guimarães; Oliveira,Simone Gisele de; Maiorka,Alex. |
| The objective of the present study was to compare the apparent digestibility coefficients of a commercial dog food, fecal consistency and behavior of dogs housed in kennels and metabolic cages. Six adult Beagle dogs were distributed in cross-over experimental design, with six replicates per treatment. Dogs were housed in two environments: metabolic cages and in masonry kennels with solarium. Dogs were fed for a five-day adaptation period, and the five following days were used for total feces collection. Dogs behavior was recorded during a 48-h period, with 10-min intervals. Apparent digestibility coefficients were not different between treatments. However, dogs housed in metabolic cages produced lower weight and more consistent feces as compared with dogs... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Animal diets; Fecal consistency; Metabolic trial. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000100018 |
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