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. 2014 Oct 10;3:e47. doi: 10.1017/jns.2014.40

Table 1.

In vitro gastric and intestinal DM disappearance (DMD) of dog treats

Treat categories Gastric phase 6 h Intestinal phase 18 h
Biscuit
Biscuit 1 68·9b 98·8a
Biscuit 2 55·0b 96·2a
Biscuit 3 51·5b 93·9a
Bone
Bone 1 8·4 27·2
Bone 2 6·9 10·7
Chew
Chew 1 85·0A 100·0A
Chew 2 27·9bB 65·5aB
Chew 3 28·3bB 54·5aB
Dental
Dental 1 88·4A 95·9A
Dental 2 33·3bB 62·2aB
Dental 3 88·8A 100·0A
Meat Product
Meat 1 14·3bB 90·1aAB
Meat 2 42·3bA 99·8aA
Meat 3 42·7bA 73·3aB
Meat 4 37·3bA 78·0aB
Meat 5 41·3bA 71·5aB
Rawhide
Rawhide 1 14·2bC 77·5aB
Rawhide 2 73·1bA 99·5aA
Rawhide 3 40·9bB 98·7aA

a–bMeans without a common superscript letter within a row differ (P < 0·05).

A–CMeans without a common superscript letter within a column and treat category differ (P < 0·05).

sem = 3·5562.