Table 2 The faecal abundance of bacterial groups and functional gene in IBD and control dogs. (IBD: n = 15, Control: n = 10)^a

Total bacteria

10.49

0.74

10.48

0.59

0.860

Relative value (%)^b

Firmicutes

110.6

30.8

127.2

42.1

0.790

Bacteroidetes

35.5

44.6

52.2

51.9

0.823

Enterobacteriaceae

0.6

1.0

3.1

5.5

0.937

Lactobacillus

8.7

10.4

1.1

3.5

0.145

Clostridial cluster I

13.1

23.9

13.0

16.3

0.790

Clostridial cluster IV

9.4

9.7

8.5

12.5

0.937

Clostridial cluster XIVa

6.1

5.3

8.4

8.6

0.790

BCoAT

0.090

0.083

0.061

0.071

0.823

dSRB

0.002

0.001

0.001

0.002

0.608