Table 3.
Food intake and stool quality parameters of dogs fed diets with differing levels of Bacillus coagulans
| Treatment1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | CON | PEX | PCL | PCM | PCH | SEM | P-value2 |
| Food intake, g·d−1 | 189.23 | 198.82 | 200.91 | 197.96 | 197.40 | 6.857 | 0.1364 |
| Wet fecal output, g·d−1 | 112.60 | 119.72 | 126.34 | 114.25 | 116.72 | 6.529 | 0.1356 |
| Fecal moisture, % | 70.25 | 69.98 | 70.30 | 69.71 | 70.19 | 0.645 | 0.6415 |
| Fecal dry matter, % | 29.75 | 30.02 | 29.70 | 30.29 | 29.81 | 0.645 | 0.6415 |
| Defecations per day | 2.00 | 2.12 | 2.18 | 2.02 | 1.98 | 0.116 | 0.3041 |
| Fecal score | 3.70 | 3.71 | 3.75 | 3.77 | 3.68 | 0.054 | 0.5507 |
1CON, control; PEX, DFM applied before extrusion; DFM applied as coating at low dose; PCM, DFM applied as coating at moderate dose; PCH, DFM applied as coating at high dose.
2P-value represents type 3 test of fixed effects for diet.