Impact of the Dietary Fat Concentration and Source on the Fecal Microbiota of Healthy Adult Cats.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The dietary fat supply might interact with the intestinal microbiota via different mechanisms. Research on this topic, however, remains scarce in cats. For this reason, the present study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the fat concentration and fatty acid profile in the diet on the fecal microbiota of healthy cats.

Methods

A low-fat basal diet was fed to ten healthy adult cats. The diet was offered without or with the daily addition of 0.5 g or 1 g of sunflower oil, fish oil or lard per kg body weight of the cats, using a randomized cross-over design. Each feeding period lasted for 21 days, and the fecal samples were collected on the last days of each period. The fecal microbiota was analyzed by 16S rDNA sequencing. Additionally, microbial metab

SUBMITTER: Paßlack N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12028789 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature