Effects of yeast beta-1,3/1,6-glucans on nutrient digestibility, intestinal functionality, and immune and antioxidant variables in growing dogs submitted to spay or neutering surgery

• Renata Bacila Morais dos Santos de Souza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Renata Bacila Morais dos Santos de Souza, Simone Gisele de Oliveira, Ananda Portella Félix

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Eduarda Lorena Fernandes ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. (e.g., S.G. Oliveira and A.P. Félix are Joint Senior Authors).

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Lorenna Nicole Araújo Santos ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. (e.g., S.G. Oliveira and A.P. Félix are Joint Senior Authors).

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Laiane da Silva Lima ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. (e.g., S.G. Oliveira and A.P. Félix are Joint Senior Authors).

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Heloísa Lara Silva ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. (e.g., S.G. Oliveira and A.P. Félix are Joint Senior Authors).

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Thaila Cristina Putarov ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. (e.g., S.G. Oliveira and A.P. Félix are Joint Senior Authors).

  Affiliation Biorigin (Açucareira Quatá S.A.), Lençóis Paulistas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Simone Gisele de Oliveira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Renata Bacila Morais dos Santos de Souza, Simone Gisele de Oliveira, Ananda Portella Félix

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Ananda Portella Félix

  Contributed equally to this work with: Renata Bacila Morais dos Santos de Souza, Simone Gisele de Oliveira, Ananda Portella Félix

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: apfelix@ufpr.br

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-5725

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