Table 3.
The effect of different treatments (fat, protein, starch, and complex food) on rank order preference in dogs in phases 2–5.
| Phase | Treatments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2: Fats and Oils | Fish Oil | Butter | Chicken Fat | Vegetable Shortening | Lard |
| 2.18 a* | 2.72 ab | 3.10 abc | 3.32 bc | 3.68 c | |
| 3: Proteins | Liver | Fish | Chicken | Beef | Tofu |
| 1.64 a | 2.57 b | 3.12 b | 3.35 b | 4.32 c | |
| 4: Starches | Potato | Wheat | Corn | Tapioca | Chickpea |
| 1.44 a | 2.79 b | 3.04 b | 3.47 bc | 4.27 c | |
| 5: Complex Food ** | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 | Sample 4 | Sample 5 |
| 1.35 a | 2.78 b | 2.80 bc | 3.66 cd | 4.41 d | |
* within a row, sample average ranking scores with a different letter were significantly different (p < 0.05); ** Sample 1: fish oil, liver, potato flour; Sample 2: butter, fish, wheat flour; Sample 3: chicken fat, chicken, corn starch; Sample 4: shortening, beef, tapioca flour; Sample 5: lard, tofu, chickpea flour.