Evaluation of gastrointestinal, immunological and fermentation effects of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiea) inactivated and culture medium enriched in diets for adult cats

• Grant number: 15/03994-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2015
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Nutrition and Feeding
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Márcio Antonio Brunetto
• Grantee: Laura Fantucci de Oliveira Matheus
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiea is considered an important raw material for animal nutrition because of their prebiotic capacity. Prebiotics are compounds, which are indigestible by the animal's body but are fermented by microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, providing benefits to the host. In the industrial process, the brewery yeast has the ability to metabolize the constituents of the must, rich in fermentable sugars. The fermentation depends on factors such as the substrate used for growth, fermentation method, method and condition of drying and age of the cells. Therefore, the modern production processes have aimed the production of yeast with high potential prebiotic. Will be used 18 adult cats, mean age 3.0 ± 0.5 years, male and female, without defined breed and healthy. The animals will be used in a completely randomized design, consisting of three experimental treatments, called: CD (control diet), YSC 0.3 (control diet with 0.3% yeast with active metabolites) and YSC 0.6 (control diet 0.6% of yeast with active metabolites). The results will be analyzed using the computer program Statistical Analysis System (SAS Institute Inc., 2004) and according to the data distribution, parametric statistical tests or nonparametric will be employed. (AU)

Scientific publications

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DE OLIVEIRA MATHEUS, LAURA FANTUCCI; RISOLIA, LARISSA WUNSCHE; ERNANDES, MARIANE CESCHIN; DE SOUZA, JOHNNY MACIEL; OBA, PATRICIA MASSAE; ANNIBALE VENDRAMINI, THIAGO HENRIQUE; PEDRINELLI, VIVIAN; HENRIQUEZ, LUCAS BEN FIUZA; MASSOCO, CRISTINA DE OLIVEIRA; FERREIRA PONTIERI, CRISTIANA FONSECA; et al. Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall addition on feed digestibility, fecal fermentation and microbiota and immunological parameters in adult cats. BMC Veterinary Research, v. 17, n. 1, NOV 16 2021. (15/03994-2)

Academic Publications

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MATHEUS, Laura Fantucci de Oliveira. Effects of increasing levels of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on digestibility, fecal fermentation and immunological parameters in diets for adult cats. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) Pirassununga.