Table 5.
Mean transepidermal water loss (TEWL) values (g/m2/h) of the right paw pad, right pinna, and right inner thigh of healthy adult dogs supplemented one of three treatment oilsa on weeks 0, 2, 4, 10, and 16 of a skin and coat health trial, presented as lsmeans ± standard error.
| Week | P -values | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Site | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | Trt | Site | Week |
| CAM | Paw pad | 92.57 ± 8.80 | 98.97 ± 8.80 | 88.28 ± 8.80 | 83.98 ± 8.80 | 92.7 ± 8.80 | |||
| OLA | Paw pad | 88.27 ± 8.85 | 86.95 ± 8.85 | 76.32 ± 8.85 | 71.38 ± 8.85 | 67.56 ± 8.85 | |||
| FLAX | Paw pad | 99.43 ± 8.79 | 109.51 ± 8.79 | 100.37 ± 8.79 | 87.38 ± 9.21 | 88.46 ± 9.21 | |||
| CAM | Pinna | 14.03 ± 8.80 | 12.27 ± 8.80 | 18.78 ± 8.80 | 14.47 ± 8.80 | 16.68 ± 8.80 | |||
| OLA | Pinna | 14.43 ± 8.85 | 15.84 ± 8.85 | 16.87 ± 8.85 | 24.43 ± 8.85 | 18.40 ± 8.85 | 0.7261 | < 0.0001 | 0.7375 |
| FLAX | Pinna | 9.10 ± 8.79 | 12.69 ± 8.79 | 12.13 ± 8.79 | 13.27 ± 9.21 | 9.92 ± 9.21 | |||
| CAM | Inner thigh | 23.11 ± 8.80 | 23.56 ± 8.80 | 18.2 ± 8.80 | 17.52 ± 8.80 | 22.93 ± 8.80 | |||
| OLA | Inner thigh | 16.86 ± 8.85 | 15.72 ± 8.85 | 18.18 ± 8.85 | 17.32 ± 8.85 | 21.23 ± 8.85 | |||
| FLAX | Inner thigh | 15.7 ± 8.79 | 13.44 ± 8.79 | 16.36 ± 8.79 | 14.30 ± 9.21 | 16.51 ± 9.21 | |||
aTreatment oils: CAM, Camelina; OLA, Canola; FLX, Flaxseed oil; Data presented as mean ± standard error; n for each treatment group on weeks 0, 2, 4: CAM = 10, OLA = 10, FLX = 10, and weeks 10, 16: CAM = 10, OLA = 10, FLX = 9.