Table 1.
Selected descriptive statistics of the study groups
| Item | Dogs | Cats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | Dry | Raw | Dry | Dry + Wet | |
| Animals (numbers) | |||||
| Male | |||||
| Intact | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Sterile | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Female | |||||
| Intact | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Sterile | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Total | 29 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 25 |
| Age (year) | |||||
| Mean | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 6.7 |
| Minimum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maximum | 11 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| SD | 3.13 | 4.41 | 4.21 | 4.31 | 4.9 |
| Body weight (kg) | |||||
| Mean | 9.9 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Minimum | 4.8 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Maximum | 43.0 | 42.5 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 9.2 |
| SD | 3.19 | 4.39 | 1.21 | 1.84 | 1.64 |
Abbreviations: Dry + Wet: dry and wet processed pet food group; Dry: dry processed pet food group; Raw: raw pet food group; SD: standard deviation.