DIGESTIBILITY OF NUTRIENTS WITH THE INCLUSION OF CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID IN THE DIET OF DOGS

Autores

  • N L M Rivera
  • A Maiorka
  • M El-Tassé
  • S G Oliveira
  • E L Krabbe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v12i1.9229

Palavras-chave:

beagle, CLA, metabolizable energy, energia metabolizável

Resumo

The inclusion of the conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in food for dogs has been displaying great
potential, taking into account several benefits in regard to the use of this product. To determine the effect of CLA
on the digestibility of the dry matter, nutrients and energy in dogs, two experiments were performed using dogs of
Beagle type, in the age of seven and 15 months, respectively. The experimental diets were isonutritive, just
differing by the inclusion of CLA, watching for the addition to the control-diet, of an amount of lipids in the form of
chicken fat equivalent to the amount of CLAadded (0.3%), so that the diets were isoenergetic. The coefficients of
apparent digestibility of the dry matter, crude protein, ethereal extract and nitrogen-free extract were not affected
by the inclusion of conjugated linoleic acid, showing that the addition of the product did not interfere with the
process of digestion of nutrients. In both digestibility experiments, higher values of metabolizable energy were
observed for the diets with inclusion of CLA(P < 0.01) when compared with the control-diet.

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2007-09-28

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Rivera, N. L. M., Maiorka, A., El-Tassé, M., Oliveira, S. G., & Krabbe, E. L. (2007). DIGESTIBILITY OF NUTRIENTS WITH THE INCLUSION OF CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID IN THE DIET OF DOGS. Archives of Veterinary Science, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v12i1.9229

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Medicina Veterinária Preventiva