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. 2018 Jun 8;96(9):3670–3683. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky235

Table 5.

Physical activity (activity counts/epoch)1 of dogs fed extruded, mildly cooked, and raw foods

Item Treatment
Extruded Grain-free roasted refrigerated Raw Roasted refrigerated
Total activity 30.56 ± 3.79 26.70 ± 3.72 29.58 ± 3.72 29.27 ± 3.72
Light period 43.30 ± 6.27 38.68 ± 6.19 43.67 ± 6.19 43.09 ± 6.19
Dark period 13.39 ± 1.49a 10.40 ± 1.46b 10.21 ± 1.46b 11.55 ± 1.46ab
Light:dark ratio 3.55 ± 0.79b 4.39 ± 0.79a 4.49 ± 0.79a 4.03 ± 0.79ab

1Epoch: 15 s.

a,bMeans in the same row without common superscript letters differ (P < 0.05).