Table 3.

Correlation coefficients between faecal amino acids proportions and faeces composition (% humidity, % fat), body condition score (BCS), and CIBDAI (canine inflammatory bowel disease activity index).

% Faeces	% Faecal Fat	% Faecal Humidity	BCS	CIBDAI
Aspartic acid	0.37	0.07	−0.18	−0.12
Glutamic acid	0.25	−0.05	−0.02	0.22
Serine	0.45	0.48	−0.21	0.52
Histidine	−0.13	−0.38	0.33	−0.09
Glycine	0.26	0.59 b	−0.39	0.40
Threonine	0.41	0.29	−0.03	0.15
Arginine	0.29	0.16	0.40	0.23
Alanine	−0.24	0.27	0.13	0.15
Tyrosine	−0.39	0.32	−0.04	0.41
Cystine	0.35	0.35	0.22	0.48
Valine	−0.43	−0.21	0.47	0.13
Methionine	−0.10	−0.34	0.31	−0.1
Phenylalanine	−0.62 b	−0.53	0.28	−0.45
Isoleucine	−0.57	−0.47	0.44	−0.19
Leucine	−0.57 b	−0.66 b	0.44	−0.46
Lysine	−0.65 b	−0.43	−0.02	−0.39

^b Significant at <0.05 probability level (blue colour).