Table 4.
Microbial analysis (log copies DNA/ng DNA) of feces from dogs fed with a control diet supplemented or not with different intact seaweeds.
| Bacterial Populations Item |
CD | AN | PP | UP | SJ | p-Value | Pooled SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total bacteria | 5.92 | 5.91 | 6.16 | 6.29 | 6.18 | 0.614 | 0.17 |
| Firmicutes | 2.87 | 2.62 | 2.79 | 2.68 | 3.00 | 0.807 | 0.24 |
| Bifidobacterium spp. | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.852 | 0.18 |
| Lactobacillus spp. | n.q. | n.q. | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.190 | 0.07 |
| Faecalibacterium prausnitzii | 1.20 | 0.75 | 0.96 | 0.65 | 0.98 | 0.178 | 0.16 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 4.01 | 3.91 | 4.13 | 4.60 | 4.44 | 0.308 | 0.23 |
| Clostridium cluster I | 2.49 | 2.72 | 2.85 | 2.79 | 2.67 | 0.587 | 0.14 |
| E. coli | 1.38 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.898 | 0.34 |
Values are the means of 10 dogs per treatment. CD, control diet; AN, control diet supplemented with Ascophyllum nodosum; PP, control diet supplemented with Palmaria palmata; UP, control diet supplemented with Undaria pinnatifida; SJ, control diet supplemented with Saccharina japonica; n.q., not quantified.