The aim of this study was to explore the influence of volatile compounds in dry dog food on its attractiveness for dogs. The assumption was that the attractiveness is mainly affected by volatile compounds presented in the feed.
This study brings overall information about dog´s digestive system and its nutritional requirements with the summary of available feeds including the production process and list of the customary ingredients. A survey of the most common volatile compounds including appropriate analytical methods is also part of this study.
A feed preference test was performed in experimental part of this study. The preference ratio of two dry dog diets was set to 21:79 % that shows clear preference for one of the feeds.
Chemical analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed distinctions in the volatile compounds profile of the tested feeds. 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole that is part of synthetic antioxidant BHA was identified to be the main volatile compound that could possibly be responsible for feed preferences observed in this study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:258220 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Šímová, Lenka |
| Contributors | Nový, Pavel, Adéla, Adéla |
| Publisher | Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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