Pancreatic enzyme response with an elemental diet.
Elemental diets can maintain or slightly improve the nutritional status without a major stimulatory effect on the pancreas. Six dogs were maintained with a regular chow diet, switched to an elemental diet and, subsequently, returned to a chow diet. Cannulation of the pancreatic duct through a duodenal cutaneous fistula revealed the enzyme response to be decreased in a dog maintained with an elemental diet, with no or only a slight weight gain. Return to a regular diet resulted in a return of pancreatic enzyme response.
D000596:Amino Acids; D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004285:Dogs; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008049:Lipase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000201:enzymology*; D012636:Secretory Rate; D014362:Trypsinogen / Q000378:metabolism*
D000596:Amino Acids; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D014362:Trypsinogen; D008049:Lipase; D000681:Amylases