ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2024
Characteristics of the Digestive Tract of Dogs and Cats.
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- Microencapsulation Strategies in Veterinary Medicine: Overcoming Gastrointestinal Barriers in Monogastric and Ruminant Species.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
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- Evaluating the efficacy ofJournal of animal science and technology · 2026Article
- From conventional probiotics to precision nutrition: host-specific probiotics in canine and feline functional foods.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Environmental Pawprint of Dogs as a Contributor to Climate Change.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Age-related changes in growth and fecal parameters, nutrient digestibility, hematology, and serum biochemistry of Beagle dogs.Journal of animal science and technology · 2025Article
- Human Digestive Physiology and Evolutionary Diet: A Metabolomic Perspective on Carnivorous and Scavenger Adaptations.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Assessment of the effect of prokinetic drugs on transit time and gastrointestinal cleanliness in capsule endoscopy.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Gut Metabolome in Companion Animal Nutrition-Linking Diets to Health.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- The effects of Sijunzi decoction-supplemented cat food on physiological parameters and gut microbiota in healthy adult cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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Abstract
As for other mammals, the digestive system of dogs (facultative carnivores) and cats (obligate carnivores) includes the mouth, teeth, tongue, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and accessory digestive organs (salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder). These carnivores have a relatively shorter digestive tract but longer canine teeth, a tighter digitation of molars, and a greater stomach volume than omnivorous mammals such as humans and pigs. Both dogs and cats have no detectable or a very low activity of salivary α-amylase but dogs, unlike cats, possess a relatively high activity of pancreatic α-amylase. Thus, cats select low-starch foods but dogs can consume high-starch diets. In contrast to many mammals, the vitamin B
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