DIETARY-FIBERS IN DOGS .2. EFFECTS ON GAS TRIC-EMPTYING AND TRANSIT-TIME IN GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT

Authors
DIEZ M ISTASSE L
Citation
M. Diez et L. Istasse, DIETARY-FIBERS IN DOGS .2. EFFECTS ON GAS TRIC-EMPTYING AND TRANSIT-TIME IN GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT, Annales de medecine veterinaire, 141(1), 1997, pp. 27-37
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Annales de medecine veterinaire → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034118
Volume
141
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
27 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4118(1997)141:1<27:DID.EO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Dietary fibres in dogs : II. Effects on gastric emptying and transit t ime in gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this second review is to sum marize data on the duration of gastric emptying and on the transit tim e in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy dogs. An overview of the in vestigation techniques is also given. The incorporation of fibres in t he diet is one of many other factors which influence the mechanisms of emptying in the gastrointestinal tract. The effect of dietary fibres is also discussed in other monogastric species.