Table 4. Feces production and characteristics of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
| Feces | Diets1 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | YCW | YCWs | ||
| g/dog/day (as is) | 75.6±8.6 | 81.5±19.3 | 86.0±15.3 | 0.697 |
| g/dog/day (dry matter basis) | 33.8±2.2 | 37.3±5.1 | 37.9±7.9 | 0.434 |
| Dry matter (%) | 45.1±3.8 | 46.1±3.1 | 44.5±6.2 | 0.782 |
| Score | 3.6±0.3 | 3.8±0.2 | 3.7±0.3 | 0.378 |
| pH | 6.8±0.2 | 6.9±0.1 | 6.8±0.1 | 0.172 |
1 CON = control, without yeast cell wall addition; YCW = 0.3% of a standard yeast cell wall extract; YCWs = 0.3% of a yeast cell wall extract with 20% soluble mannan oligosaccharides.