The fecal microbiome and metabolome differs between dogs fed Bones and Raw Food (BARF) diets and dogs fed commercial diets.

INTRODUCTION:Feeding a Bones and Raw Food (BARF) diet has become an increasing trend in canine nutrition. Bones and Raw Food diets contain a high amount of animal components like meat, offal, and raw meaty bones, combined with comparatively small amounts of plant ingredients like vegetables and frui...

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Main Authors: Milena Schmidt, Stefan Unterer, Jan S Suchodolski, Julia B Honneffer, Blake C Guard, Jonathan A Lidbury, Jörg M Steiner, Julia Fritz, Petra Kölle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6093636?pdf=render