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Sugarcane fibre may prevents hairball formation in cats

Hair ingested by licking during cat grooming can eventually coalesce into solid masses in cat gastrointestinal tract. It is believed that dietary fibre might reduce formation of these trichobezoars (hairballs). The effects of two insoluble fibre sources added to kibble diets were evaluated with resp...

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Autores principales: Loureiro, Bruna A., Sembenelli, Guilherme, Maria, Ana P. J., Vasconcellos, Ricardo S., Sá, Fabiano C., Sakomura, Nilva K., Carciofi, Aulus C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4473147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2014.27