Table 3
Effects of dietary mannanoligosaccharide supplementation on faecal fermentative attributes of dogs
| Attributes | Dietary groups | Significance |
|---|
| CON | MOS |
|---|
| Physical attributes |
| Faecal scorea | 3.33 ± 0.33 | 3.60 ± 0.40 | NS |
| Faeces voided (g/day) | 156.8 ± 14.8 | 164.9 ± 14.3 | NS |
| Faecal DM (g/kg) | 218.6 ± 21.8 | 216.6 ± 18.4 | NS |
| Chemical attributes |
| pH | 5.84 ± 0.23 | 5.77 ± 0.21 | NS |
| Ammonia (μmol/g) | 8.45 ± 0.87 | 8.39 ± 1.24 | NS |
| Lactate (μmol/g) | 24.25 ± 2.07 | 27.85 ± 5.15 | NS |
| Acetate (μmol/g) | 134.1 ± 6.12 | 146.5 ± 11.4 | NS |
| Propionate (μmol/g) | 100.4 ± 12.0 | 97.13 ± 6.77 | NS |
| Butyrate (μmol/g) | 31.46 ± 3.04 | 35.40 ± 1.88 | NS |
| Total SCFAs (μmol/g) | 265.9 ± 14.9 | 278.9 ± 16.2 | NS |