Table 5.

Apparent nutrient digestibility of Control and Yeast diets fed to dogs and cats

Nutrient	Dog		P-value	Cat		P-value
	Control	Yeast		Control	Yeast
Dry matter, %	86.6 ± 1.91	84.4 ± 2.1	0.46	80.6 ± 1.6	81.8 ± 1.3	0.56
Organic matter, %	89.8 ± 1.5	88.3 ± 1.6	0.48	84.6 ± 1.3	85.8 ± 1.1	0.45
Protein, %	90.8 ± 1.4	89.9 ± 1.5	0.67	84.1 ± 1.9	83.2 ± 1.5	0.69
Fat, %	95.2 ± 0.7	93.7 ± 0.8	0.20	86.2 ± 1.6	86.6 ± 1.3	0.84
Ash, %	53.7 ± 6.5	49.6 ± 7.1	0.68	36.6 ± 5.4	36.3 ± 4.2	0.96
Energy, %2	89.8 ± 1.4	89.0 ± 1.5	0.71	83.9 ± 1.7	85.5 ± 1.4	0.45
ME, kcal/g3	4.02 ± 0.05	3.91 ± 0.05	0.16	3.80 ± 0.06	3.96 ± 0.05	0.04

¹Mean ± SEM.

²Digestible energy measured via bomb calorimetry.

³Metabolizable energy (ME) calculated using AAFCO (2016) protocol without urine collection.