Table 7.

Fecal characteristics of dogs fed the experimental diets (mean ± SD).

Parameter	PM-Based Diet	BSFL Meal-Based Diet
Defecation frequency/d	2.07 ± 0.64	2.40 ± 0.77
Score feces consistency	2.71 a ± 0.58	2.25 b ± 0.38
Score feces shaping	2.71 a ± 0.58	2.25 b ± 0.38
Fecal output (wet), g/5 d	492 b ± 34.0	569 a ± 37.8
Fecal output (DM), g/5 d	160 ± 14.1	158 ± 9.40
DM content (%)	33.0 a ± 2.62	28.0 b ± 2.50

^a,b Means in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).