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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 18, 期 13, 页码 5086-5102出版社
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.72770
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canine; digestive physiology; gut microbiota; petfood; veterinary products
This review paper examines the digestive physiology of dogs, focusing on the impact of size on anatomical and digestive parameters. Despite significant variability, interesting size effects were observed, particularly in the colonic compartment. The paper provides valuable data for academia and industry, supporting the development of personalized nutrition and health products for dogs.
Health and well-being of dogs are of paramount importance to their owners. Digestion plays a key role in dog health, involving physicochemical, mechanical and microbial actors. However, decades of breeding selection led to various dog sizes associated with different digestive physiology and disease sensitivity. Developing new products requires the consideration of all the multi-faceted aspects of canine digestion, the evaluation of food digestibility, drug release and absorption in the gut. This review paper provides an exhaustive literature survey on canine digestive physiology, focusing on size effect on anatomy and digestive parameters, with graphical representation of data classified as ???small???, ???medium??? and ???large??? dogs. Despite the huge variability between protocols and animals, interesting size effects on gastrointestinal physiology were highlighted, mainly related to the colonic compartment. Colonic measurements, transit time permeability, fibre degradation, faecal short-chain fatty acid concentration and faecal water content increase while faecal bile acid concentration decreases with body size. A negative correlation between body weight and Proteobacteria relative abundance was observed suggesting an effect of dog body size on faecal microbiota. This paper gathers helpful in vivo data for academics and industrials and supports the development of new food and pharma products to move towards canine personalized nutrition and health.
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