Table 4.
Oral bacterial phyla (relative abundance, %) that were significantly different between treatments present in SAL samples from healthy adult dogs consuming dental chews or diet alone
| Phyla | SAL | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT (n = 12) |
BC (n = 11) |
DL (n = 10) |
GR (n = 11) |
SEM | P-value | |
| Actinobacteria | 1.66b | 2.64ab | 4.11a | 4.21a | 0.55 | 0.002 |
| Fusobacteria | 3.98b | 6.57a | 5.20ab | 5.27ab | 1.08 | 0.03 |
| Spirochaetes | 8.58a | 5.19b | 3.64b | 4.19b | 0.74 | <0.0001 |
| Synergistetes | 0.37w | 0.13z | 0.15y | 0.21x | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| TM7 | 0.03b | 0.04ab | 0.13a | 0.10a | 0.02 | <0.0001 |
a–bMeans with different superscripts within a row differ by Tukey’s test (P < 0.05).
w–zMeans with different superscripts within a row differ by Wilcoxon’s test (P < 0.05).