From Chihuahua to Saint-Bernard: how did digestion and microbiota evolve with dog sizes.

ABSTRACT: 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, inte

SUBMITTER: Deschamps C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379419 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature