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Table 3 Chemical analysis of fecal samples from dogs fed with diets differing in protein concentrations and in presence of fructooligosaccharides

From: Influence of dietary protein and fructooligosaccharides on fecal fermentative end-products, fecal bacterial populations and apparent total tract digestibility in dogs

     

Anova p-value

 

LP

HP

LP + FOS

HP + FOS

Protein concentration

FOS

Protein concentration x FOS

Pooled SEM

pH

6.12

6.58

6.46

6.50

0.008

0.004

0.011

0.07

Water content (mg/g feces)

601

588

615

578

0.354

0.923

0.754

37.6

NH3 (μmol/g feces)

39.1

54.1

43.1

63.1

< 0.001

0.027

0.543

4.01

VFA (μmol/g feces)

 Acetic acid

92.8

93.0

85.1

91.3

0.629

0.487

0.649

8.63

 Propionic acid

58.3

41.9

44.9

48.7

0.213

0.577

0.049

6.80

 n-Butyric acid

16.3

19.0

13.9

13.0

0.747

0.136

0.514

2.40

 iso-Butyric acid

2.37

2.53

1.80

2.78

0.226

0.652

0.083

0.18

 iso-Valeric acid

4.69

4.68

3.30

4.55

0.400

0.327

0.391

0.29

 Total VFA

176

159

149

159

0.759

0.286

0.272

10.7

 C2:C3

1.62

2.29

2.03

1.97

0.024

0.842

0.008

0.12

 C2 + n-C4:C3

1.90

2.73

2.35

2.27

0.014

0.831

0.003

0.18

Biogenic amines (μmol/g feces)

 Putrescine

718

765

695

709

0.798

0.668

0.860

90.6

 Cadaverine

461

381

348

329

0.641

0.406

0.728

86.5

 Spermidine

482

604

491

586

0.129

0.877

0.741

39.4

 Spermine

341

271

383

293

0.186

0.495

0.843

49.7

  1. Values are the means of 12 dogs per treatment
  2. C2/C3 acetic acid/propionic acid ratio, C2 + n-C4/C3 acetic acid + n-butyric acid/propionic acid ratio, FOS fructooligosaccharides, HP high protein diet, LP low protein diet
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