. 2023 Feb 17;11(2):506. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11020506

Table 5.

Means of fecal concentration (logDNA) of selected bacterial groups of dogs fed a lower protein and fiber diet (day 21) transitioned to a higher protein and fiber diet (days 23 to 49) without (C) or with (P) yeast supplementation (S).

Item	S	Day					SEM	p-Values
Item	S	0	21	23	35	49	SEM	Day	S	Day × S
Faecalibacterium	C	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.5	0.47	0.544	0.929	0.971
Faecalibacterium	P	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.6	4.5	0.06
Fusobacterium	C	6.6 ^b	6.5 ^b	6.7 ^b	6.7 ^b	7.3 ^a	0.11	<0.001	0.238	0.757
Fusobacterium	P	6.6 ^b	6.6 ^b	6.6 ^b	6.9 ^b	7.5 ^a	0.16
Blautia	C	10.4 ^a	9.8 ^b	10.1 ^ab	10.0 ^ab	10.2 ^a	0.08	<0.001	0.163	0.436
Blautia	P	10.3 ^a	10.1 ^b	10.1 ^ab	10.2 ^ab	10.3 ^a	0.04
Turicibacter	C	8.7 ^a	8.6 ^a	8.2 ^b	8.6 ^a	8.8 ^a	0.08	0.017	0.028	0.952
Turicibacter	P	9.1 ^a	9.0 ^a	8.4 ^b	8.8 ^a	8.9 ^a	0.09
C. hiranonis	C	6.1 ^a	5.9 ^a	6.0 ^a	5.8 ^ab	5.7 ^b	0.06	0.008	0.311	0.711
C. hiranonis	P	6.1 ^a	6.1 ^a	5.9 ^a	5.9 ^ab	5.8 ^b	0.06
Streptococcus	C	7.8 ^a	8.6 ^a	8.1 ^a	4.9 ^b	3.7 ^b	0.82	<0.001	0.098	0.276
Streptococcus	P	7.8 ^a	8.6 ^a	7.8 ^a	3.9 ^b	3.5 ^b	0.91
E. coli	C	4.3 ^a	4.2 ^ab	4.7 ^a	3.4 ^b	4.8 ^a	0.20	0.030	0.043	0.256
E. coli	P	4.2 ^a	3.7 ^ab	3.7 ^a	3.7 ^b	3.7 ^a	0.11
Total bacteria	C	10.9 ^a	11.0 ^a	10.9 ^a*	10.5 ^b	10.7 ^ab	0.08	<0.001	0.520	0.030
Total bacteria	P	11.0 ^a	10.9 ^a	10.6 ^a*	10.7 ^a	10.9 ^a	0.05

^a,b Different superscript letters indicate differences among days by the LSD Bonferroni test in each group (p < 0.05 for Day × S) or for both groups (p > 0.05 for Day × S). * Indicate differences between the control and probiotic groups at the time point. SEM: standard error of the mean.