Effects of diet on fecal occult blood testing in ...
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| Title | Effects of diet on fecal occult blood testing in healthy dogs |
| Author(s) | J. Rice, S. Ihle |
| Journal | Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire |
| Date | 1994 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Start page | 134 |
| End page | 137 |
| Abstract | Six dogs were fed each of nine diets to evaluate the effects of diet on fecal occult blood test results. The diets represented a range of different type (i.e. canned, dry or semi-moist), protein and vegetable constituents, and fiber contents. Each diet was fed twice daily for five consecutive days; fecal samples were collected twice daily on days 4 and 5. An o-tolidine test kit and a guaiac paper test kit for fecal occult blood were used. Two hundred and sixteen fecal samples were analyzed (24 samples/diet). When using the guaiac test the following positive results were obtained from fecal samples from dogs consuming a canned meat- and vegetable-based diet (24/24 samples); a canned meat-based diet (24/24 samples); a dry corn and poultry-based diet (9/24 samples); a dry corn, wheat, and meat meal diet (4/24 samples), a canned poultry-based diet (1/24 sample) and a semi-moist soybean meal-based diet (2/24 samples). A total of 64 samples were positive using the guaiac test. Using the o-tolidine test, no samples were positive. The difference between the number of positive results with each test kit was highly significant (p < 0.001). Results indicate that 1) diet affects the specificity of guaiac test fecal occult blood results in the dog and 2) positive o-tolidine test results were not caused by diets fed in the study. |
| ISSN | 0830-9000 |
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