Short-Chain and Total Fatty Acid Profile of Faeces or Plasma as Predictors of Food-Responsive Enteropathy in Dogs:
A Preliminary Study

Higueras López, Cristina; Rey Muñoz, Ana Isabel; Escudero Portugués, Rosa María; Díaz-Regañón Fernández, David Rafael; Rodríguez Franco, Fernando; García-Sancho Téllez, Mercedes Guadalupe; Agulla Pérez, Beatriz; Sainz Rodríguez, Ángel

Short-Chain and Total Fatty Acid Profile of Faeces or Plasma as Predictors of Food-Responsive Enteropathy in Dogs: A Preliminary Study

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010089

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2021

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MDPI

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71679

Abstract

Food-responsive enteropathy is the most common diagnosis given for dogs with chronic enteropathy, and there are no tests that can replace treatment trials. Furthermore, there is a lack of information on the specific nutritional status of these patients regarding the lipid profile that could relate them to the state of health/disease. This study evaluated differences in short-chain fatty acids and the total fatty acid profile of faeces and plasma as possible indicators of food-responsive enteropathy (FRE), as well as its relationship with body condition and the chronic enteropathy activity index. Changes in the long-chain fatty acid of plasma, and short-chain, branched and odd-chain fatty acids of faeces were detected in sick dogs, and high correlations were observed between some of these compounds and the existing calculated indices.