Effect of dietary mannanoligosaccharide supplementation on nutrient digestibility, hindgut fermentation, immune response and antioxidant indices in dogs

摘要: Use of prebiotics in companion animal nutrition is often considered advantageous over probiotics because the ease handling, ability to withstand processing and storage etc. While most studies on prebiotic use dogs have been done with processed food as basal diet, response relation homemade diet feeding not very well explored. The study was conducted evaluate effects dietary mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) supplementation nutrient digestibility, hindgut fermentation, immune antioxidant indices dogs. Ten Spitz pups were divided into two groups: control (CON) no supplementation, experimental wherein supplemented MOS at 15 g/kg diet. All fed a home-prepared for period 150 days. protocol included digestion trial, periodic blood collection analysis lipid profile erythrocytic antioxidants. Immune animals assessed towards end period. Results revealed significant (P > 0.05) variations palatability score, intake apparent digestibility nutrients between groups. Faecal faeces voided, faecal pH, concentrations ammonia, lactate short-chain fatty acids comparable Cell-mediated response, delayed-type hypersensitivity significantly higher (P   0.05) both Supplementation lowered results indicated that rate dog augmented cell-mediated serum without any influences nutrients, fermentation antioxidants indices.