Feline hairball control by dietary cellulose

Cellulose-enriched dry and wet cat foods make claims on hairball control. Research data indicate that supplemental dietary cellulose reduces hairball symptoms and raises faecal hair excretion in cats. But the type and amount of ?cellulose determine the efficacy. Grooming behaviour of cats is associated with the ingestion of fur. Most of the swallowed, non-digestible hair passes through the gastrointestinal tract and is excreted with the faeces. About 10% of shorthaired cats bring up hairballs p