There is a relationship between the animal diet composition and the colon microflora activity. The dietary inclusion of certain ingredients can affect the species composition and metabolic activity of the intestinal microflora, ensuring the maintenance of eubiosis. The use of a prebiotic in service dogs feeding is accompanied by changes in the blood morphological composition and the colon gas composition. The purpose of the research is to analyze the blood morphological and biochemical parameters, and the content of short-chain fatty acids in the feces of service dogs after prebiotic administration. The control group and an experimental group of service dogs that received a prebiotic in addition to the diet. The blood morphological and biochemical parameters were determined by laboratory methods, gas composition of feces – by gas-liquid chromatography. Research results: changes in the leukogram were found after prebiotic administration in dogs. The administration of a prebiotic into the dog diet leads to an increase in the amount of short-chain fatty acids in the feces as a result of an increase of the intestinal microflora metabolic activity.

Lazarenko Ludmila V.

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