Table 1.
Characteristics of the yeast cell wall derivates used on the study.
Table 2.
Ingredient and chemical composition of the food used on the study.
Table 3.
Body weight (kg), nutrient intake (g/dog/day) and coefficients of total tract apparent digestibility (%) of nutrients of diets for dogs with the additions of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 4.
Feces production and characteristics of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 5.
Volatile fatty acids (mMol/g of dry matter), ammonia and lactic acid concentration (mMol/kg of dry matter) on the feces of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 6.
Biogenic amines concentration (mg/100 g of dry matter) on the feces of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 7.
Immunoglobulin A concentration (mg/g of dry matter) on the feces of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 8.
Serum cytokines concentrations (pg/mL) of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 9.
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2; μM of H2O2/2x105 cells) and nitrogen oxide (NO; μM of NO/2x105 cells) production in cell cultures of monocytes and neutrophils from the peripheral blood of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
Table 10.
Monocyte and neutrophils phagocytic index (% of positive cells) from dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).