Example 4: Improved Gastrointestinal Health
[0094] This Example demonstrates that feeding สัตว์ตระกูลสุนัขs the ต้านการแก่ชรา Food of Table 4 resulted in a reduction of fecal waste produced by the สัตว์ที่ได้รับการรักษาs as well as an improvement in the level of a biological marker of gastrointestinal health (p-cresol), as compared to the results observed with control animals provided with the Control Food. The data generated in this Example are set forth in Table 5, below.
Table 5
Waste Reduction
Animals Fed The Control Food
Average Total
Food Intake
Average Food
Intake
(dry weight)
Average Waste
(dry weight)
Average Total
Food Intake
Average Food
Intake
(dry weight)
Average Waste
(dry weight)
0-45 45 — 90 90 — 180 Total Intake
Days Days Days (kilograms)
256 247 253 45.4
234.5 226.3 231.7
40.6 39.1 43.8
Animals Fed The ต้านการแก่ชรา Food 0-45
45 — 90 90 — 180 Total Intake
Days Days Days (grams)
235 236 263 44.9
217.8 218.8 243.8
26.6 26.7 32.1
Daily Aver. Fecal dry wt. as
(grams) % food intake
252
231
40.0 17.3%
Daily Aver. Fecal dry wt. as
(grams) % food intake
249
231.1
28.2 12.2%
[0095] With respect to reduction in generation of waste reduction (measured as dry matter), the data of Table 5 demonstrate that animals fed the Control Food generated approximately 40 g/day waste (dry weight) per day as compared to the 28 g/day generated by animals fed the ต้านการแก่ชรา Food of Table 4, which represents a 30% improvement.
Attorney Docket No. 9914-00-WO-HL
[0096] With respect to the improvement in the level of a marker associated with gastrointestinal health, it was observed that blood levels of a toxic microbial product (p-cresol) were lower in animals provided สัตว์ตระกูลสุนัขs the ต้านการแก่ชรา Food of Table 4 than were observed in control animals provided with the Control Food.