Distilled Water Dilution Increases Measured Fecal pH in Fresh Canine Feces
Pedro Henrique Marchi, Carolina Dantas Micheletti, Jennifer Machado de Souza, Gabriela Luiza Fagundes Finardi, Eduarda Lorena Fernandes, Nicholas Sartini Santiago, Luana Dias dos Santos, Matheus Henrique dos Santos, Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro, Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini · 2026
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Description
Pedro Marchi and a team of co-authors show that how a dog feces sample is mixed with water changes its measured acidity. Their study is from two thousand twenty-six. Fecal acidity is a common clue to gut fermentation in dog nutrition research. Yet labs prepare samples in varied ways, which could skew comparisons between studies.
Thirty-seven samples from twenty healthy dogs were tested five ways: neat, and diluted with water at four ratios. Acidity rose steadily as more water was added, from lowest in neat samples to highest at the weakest mix. Every method differed clearly from the others. The curve of the rise was bent rather than straight. The mildest dilution, one to one, struck the best balance for routine work. It used little water yet allowed good mixing and sensor contact.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pedro Henrique Marchi, Carolina Dantas Micheletti, Jennifer Machado de Souza, Gabriela Luiza Fagundes Finardi, Eduarda Lorena Fernandes, Nicholas Sartini Santiago, Luana Dias dos Santos, Matheus Henrique dos Santos, Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro, Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |