Fat digestibility is reduced in old cats with subnormal cobalamin concentrations
Salas, Anna (Affinity Petcare)
Manuelian, Carmen L. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Garganté, Marta (Affinity Petcare)
Sánchez Alzuria, Núria (Affinity Petcare)
Fernández, Sonia (Doc's Veterinary Clinic)
Compagnucci, Marco (Affinity Petcare)
Cerón, José Joaquín (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Cirugía y Medicina Animal)
Jeusette, Isabelle (Affinity Petcare)
Vilaseca, Lluís (Affinity Petcare)
Torre, Celina (Affinity Petcare)

Data:	2014
Resum:	Fat digestibility is decreased in old cats for unknown reasons. Subclinical gastrointestinal diseases and pancreatic dysfunction, both related to ageing, can affect food digestibility. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the prevalence of subnormal cobalamin concentration and pancreatic disease in old cats and study the relationship between both markers and fat digestibility. A total of sixty-four cats without evident signs of gastrointestinal disease were included and grouped according to age: (1) fifteen middle-aged (MA), aged 3-7 years; and (2) forty-nine old, aged 10-17 years. All cats were tested for serum cobalamin, specific feline pancreatic lipase (fPL) and feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity. Then, sixteen of the old cats were selected and grouped according to cobalamin and fPL concentrations: control (normal cobalamin and fPL); low vitamin B12 (cobalamin <290 ng/l; normal fPL); and high fPL (normal cobalamin; fPL.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Feline nutrition ; Cobalamin ; Ageing ; Digestibility
Publicat a:	Journal of nutritional science, ISSN 2048-6790

DOI: 10.1017/jns.2014.59
PMID: 26101630

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