Fig. 4.

Relative abundances of genera measured in the fecal samples of dogs. (A) Prevotella, (B) Faecalibacterium, (C) Megamonas, and (D) SMB53. Dogs were fed control diet (CD), rice-based diet (B1) or potato-based diet (B2) and samples collected at sampling time T0 and sampling time T15. Different letters a, b and c, below the graph of each genus denote the mean which significantly differed (P < 0.01) between diets and times of sampling. CD = control diet, made with pasta and rice as main source of starch in a ratio 1:1 and raw meat; B1 = diet with a complementary food made of rice as main source of starch and raw meat; B2 = diet with a complementary food made of potato as main source of starch and raw meat; T0 = sampling time at the beginning of the study; T15 = sampling time which was after 15 d of administration of experimental diets.