Table 3.

Feed intake, fecal characteristics, and apparent total tract digestibility of dogs fed ancient grains and grain-free diets

	Treatment1
Item	AG	GF	SEM	P-value
ATTD2, %
Dry matter	85.8	85.8	0.53	0.939
Organic matter	87.7	87.0	0.48	0.259
Energy	87.5	87.3	0.48	0.660
Crude protein	88.1	87.2	0.48	0.155
Crude fat	93.1	93.6	0.21	0.133
Starch	99.6	99.4	0.06	<0.0001
Total dietary fiber	39.3	51.8	2.33	0.026
Feed intake and fecal characteristics
Feed intake, g/d	151.0	149.0	4.17	0.664
Wet fecal output, g/d	59.6	69.57	2.66	0.007
Fecal DM, %	33.9	28.8	0.45	<0.0001
Defecations per day	1.44	2.56	0.47	0.074
Fecal score	3.15	3.33	0.07	0.099

¹AG = ancient grain; GF = grain-free.

²Apparent total tract digestibility.