Table-3.

Effects of probiotic addition in dog food on fecal ammonia, fecal pH, fecal digestive enzymes and apparent digestibility on dry matter and nutrients.

Parameters	Groups1							SEM2	p-value
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Fecal ammonia (%)	0.18	0.17	0.18	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.005	0.78
Fecal pH	6.19	6.13	6.04	5.89	6.17	6.02	6.28	0.051	0.30
Fecal digestive enzyme activity
Amylase (U)	0.77	0.93	0.95	0.78	1.00	0.81	0.86	0.107	0.37
Protease (U)	0.13	0.19	0.13	0.16	0.20	0.21	0.19	0.028	0.09
Cellulase (U×10-2)	2.27	2.26	2.62	2.62	2.29	2.70	2.06	0.002	0.19
Apparent Digestibility (%)
Dry matter	75.4	80.7	73.9	72.6	73.2	74.9	72.8	0.911	0.22
Organic matter	77.8	82.6	76.6	75.2	75.9	77.3	75.4	0.838	0.23
Crude protein	71.8	77.4	69.2	68.4	68.5	70.2	69.4	1.070	0.28
Ether extract	88.2	92.5	89.6	88.0	89.2	89.2	88.2	0.509	0.22

¹Group 1=Control group (none of probiotic supplementation), Group 2=Lactobacillus plantarum CM20-8 (TISTR 2676), Group 3=Lactobacillus acidophilus Im10 (TISTR 2734), Group 4=Lactobacillus rhamnosus L12-2 (TISTR 2716), Group 5=Lactobacillus paracasei KT-5 (TISTR 2688), Group 6=Lactobacillus fermentum CM14-8 (TISTR 2720) and Group 7=Mixed of probiotics

²Standard error of mean