. 2021 Feb 12;11(2):490. doi: 10.3390/ani11020490

Table 10.

Professional nutrition assistance, feed structures and feed sources: responses from all breeders and divided according to breeder category.

	All Breeders		Farmers		Fancy Breeders		χ² ¹
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ² ¹
Nutritionist	(n = 97)		(n = 71)		(n = 26)
Yes	16 ^B	16.49	15 ^B	21.13	1 ^B	3.85	*
No	81 ^A	83.51	56 ^A	78.87	25 ^A	96.15	*
Feed structure	(n = 90)		(n = 58)		(n = 32)
Milled	21 ^B	23.33	13 ^B	22.41	8 ^A	25.00	NS
Crumbs	43 ^A	47.78	30 ^A	51.72	13 ^A	40.63	NS
Pellets	2 ^C	2.22	1 ^C	1.72	1 ^B	3.13	NS
A combination of the above	24 ^B	26.67	14 ^B	24.14	10 ^A	31.25	NS
Feed sources	(n = 114)		(n = 73)		(n = 41)
Complete commercial diet	40	35.09	18	24.66	22 ^A	53.66	**
Self-produced	30	26.32	25	34.25	5 ^B	12.20	*
Both	44	38.60	30	41.10	14 ^A	34.15	NS

¹ Chi square test for a single variable between the two breeder categories, i.e., within row comparisons; significance levels: ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; NS, nonsignificant (p > 0.05). ^A–C Observations with different superscripts within the column are significantly different (χ²-test p < 0.01).