Fecal fat and trypsin in dogs fed a meat-base or cereal-base diet.
Fat balance studies and quantitative analysis of fecal trypsin were done on 2 groups of Beagles fed either a meat-base (8.8% fat) or a cereal-base (10.5% fat) diet. In the amount fed, the meat-base diet provided 2.5 to 3 times more fat than the cereal-base diet, yet the mean daily fecal fat output of the 2 groups was not significantly different. Thus the percentage assimilation of fat in cereal-base diet (90.0%) was significantly (P less than 0.01) lower than that in the meat-base diet (96.9%). Dietary composition made no significant difference in fecal trypsin output, although the mean output from dogs fed the meat-base diet 4 times higher than that from dogs fed the cereal-base diet.
D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004285:Dogs / Q000378:metabolism*; D002523:Edible Grain; D005223:Fats / Q000032:analysis*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D014357:Trypsin / Q000032:analysis*
D005223:Fats; D014357:Trypsin