Consumption of Fructooligosaccharides and Nitrogen Excretion in Cats
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by IMR Press in International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research
- Vol. 071 (04) , 0254-0256
- https://doi.org/10.1024/0300-9831.71.4.254
Abstract
In a cross-over study with adult cats the effect on nitrogen (N) excretion of a diet supplemented with fructooligosaccharides (FOS) was compared with a diet supplemented with an equal amount of fructose and glucose. FOS raised N excretion with faeces by 26% (P < 0.05) and non-significantly lowered N excretion with urine by 5%. Thus, there was a shift in N excretion from urine to faeces. The amount of faecal dry matter was significantly higher (by 23.3%) when FOS was consumed.Keywords
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