Table 2.
Rank order preference means, and average time of ranking phase completion of baked dog treats produced with different cereals and soluble animal proteins combinations.
| Treatments | Phases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWF-GTN/ WWS | WWF-GTN/ WRS | WWF-GTN/WWS/WRS | ||||
| Rank mean | Avg. Time, mm:ss:0 | Rank mean | Avg. time, mm:ss:0 | Rank mean | Avg. time, mm:ss:0 | |
| WWF-GTN | 2.90 bc | 00:23.4 | 2.84 | 00:27.6 | 3.35 | 00:13.0 |
| WWS-NC | 3.70 a | 00:24.6 | - | - | - | - |
| WWS-SDP | 2.84 bc | 00:23.6 | - | - | 2.75 | 00:14.7 |
| WWS-EP | 2.36 c | 00:22.7 | - | - | - | - |
| WWS-GL | 3.20 ab | 00:21.8 | - | - | 3.00 | 00:14.2 |
| WRS-NC | - | - | 3.28 | 00:32.2 | - | - |
| WRS-SDP | - | - | 2.82 | 00:24.3 | 2.78 | 00:12.5 |
| WRS-EP | - | - | 2.84 | 00:30.5 | - | - |
| WRS-GL | - | - | 3.22 | 00:34.0 | 3.13 | 00:13.5 |
| Avg phase time | 00:23.2 | 00:29.7 | 00:13.6 | |||
| SEM | 0.192 | 0.200 | 0.190 | |||
| P-value | 0.0001 | 0.2822 | 0.1619 | |||
a-c: Means with different lowercase superscripts within a column represent statistical difference among treatments (P<0.05)
Results correspond to 10 dogs because two did not complete the study
Lower rank means indicate more preferred treatments