Fig. 3.

Composition of the fecal microbial communities at different taxonomic levels measured in the fecal samples of dogs. (A) The composition of the fecal microbial community at the phylum level of dogs, (B) the histogram and (C) the cladogram of the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) scores for taxa differentially abundant (P < 0.01) between diets. RA = relative abundance; CD = control diet, made with pasta and rice as main sources of starch in a ratio 1:1 and raw meat; B1 refers to a rice-based diet with a complementary food made of rice as the main source of starch and raw meat; B2 refers to a potato-based diet with a complementary food made of potato as the main source of starch and raw meat; T0 refers to sampling time at the beginning of the study; T15 refers to sampling time which was after 15 d of administration of experimental diets.