Table 6.
Relative abundance of bacterial phyla, families, and genera affected by dietary treatments of dogs fed diets containing selected fiber sources, prebiotics, and saccharin and eugenol
| Phylum and Family | Genus | Treatment1 | SEM2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT | FP | FSE | SE | |||
| Firmicutes | ||||||
| Eubacteriaceae | 0.2ab | 0.1b | 0.2ab | 0.4a | 0.11 | |
| Peptostreptococcaceae | 2.4ab | 2.9a | 2.9a | 2.1b | 0.27 | |
| Veillonellaceae | Megamonas | 1.9ab | 2.7a | 2.7a | 1.8b | 0.31 |
| Bacteroidetes | ||||||
| Prevotellaceae | Prevotella | 1.7a | 1.1b | 1.4ab | 1.6ab | 0.24 |
| Porphyromonadaceae | Parabacteroides | 0.8ab | 0.9a | 0.5b | 0.6ab | 0.10 |
1CT = Control; FP = fiber and prebiotic blend; SE = saccharin and eugenol additive; FSE = fiber and prebiotic blend + saccharin and eugenol additive.
2Standard error of the mean.
a,bSuperscripts with different letters in a row represent statistical differences (P < 0.05).