Bermudez Sanchez, Sandra http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5758-2572
Pilla, Rachel
Sarawichitr, Benjamin
Gramenzi, Alessandro
Marsilio, Fulvio
Steiner, Joerg M.
Lidbury, Jonathan A.
Woods, Georgiana R. T.
Suchodolski, Jan S.
German, Alexander J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mars Petcare (VCR10030)
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (713714)
Article History
Received: 25 January 2021
Accepted: 15 June 2021
First Online: 6 July 2021
Declarations
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: The diets used in this study were manufactured by Royal Canin. Alexander J. German and Georgiana R.T. Woods are employees of the University of Liverpool but his academic post is funded by Royal Canin, part of Mars Petcare. Both have received financial remuneration and gifts for providing educational material, speaking at conferences, and consultancy work. Alexander J. Germans’s position at the University of Liverpool is funded by Royal Canin; Alexander J. German has also received financial remuneration and gifts for providing educational material, speaking at conferences, and consultancy work. Rachel Pilla, Joerg M. Steiner, Jonathan A. Lidbury and Jan S. Suchodolski are employed by the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University, which provides assay for intestinal function and microbiota analysis on a fee-for-service basis. Jan S. Suchodolski have also received consulting fees from Royal Canin.
: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the University of Liverpool Veterinary Research Ethics Committee (Approval reference: RETH000353 and VREC793), the Royal Canin ethical review committee, and the WALTHAM ethical review committee.
: Informed consent was obtained from all owners of the dogs included in the study.