| Diet periods | Signed-Ranks test |
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(p-values)1
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CD1 | LMB | MMB | HMB | CD2 | CD1 vs.HMB | CD2 vs.HMB |
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Acetic acid | 53.2 [50.8–58.3] | 52.9 [49.4–57.1] | 52.5 [48.5–59.2] | 52.0 [48.2–52.3] | 55.4 [50.5–56.9] | 0.4 | 0.01* |
Butyric acid | 11.1 [8–13] | 11.1 [7.9–15.4] | 11.0 [9.0–12.7] | 10.9 [9.2–13.2] | 10.5 [7.0–12.5] | 0.5 | 0.01* |
Propionic acid | 32.8 [29.4–37] | 32.9 [26.6–38.9] | 33.1 [26.2–37] | 32.7 [28–35.2] | 32.5 [29.5–36.4] | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Isovaleric acid | 3.6 [1.3–4.4] | 3.3 [1.3–5.6] | 3.5 [2.2–4.1] | 3.9 [1.7–5.9] | 3.0 [1.6–4.0] | 0.05* | 0.02* |
- ♦Maximum and minimum values are provided in brackets.
- Abbreviations and explanation: The diet periods were as follows: CD1 for week 1 and 2, during which all dogs were acclimated to commercial dry food (CD; Felleskjøpet’s Labb adult), followed by incremental substitution of the CD diet with minced beef − LMB, low minced beef for week 3, MMB, moderate minced beef for week 4, and HMB, high minced beef for week 5 – and finally, CD2 for week 6 and 7, during which the dogs were reintroduced to the CD diet.
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1Wilcoxon-matched sign rank test without correction for multiple comparisons. P-value for CD1 vs. HMB was determined for 9 dogs and P-value for CD2 vs. HMB was determined for 8 dogs.
- *Considered statistically significant