Fig 1

Concentrations of plasma (PL) and whole blood (WB) taurine among groups during 12 weeks of the experiment. a and b show taurine concentrations in PL and WB of dogs, respectively, fed the purified diets containing different fiber sources. The values are expressed as mean ± SEM. The symbols represent the groups that have significant differences (P < 0.05 unless otherwise mentioned in the text) at the time point (*significance between BP and RB, **significance between BP and CL, and ***significance between RB and CL). From week 10, n = 5 for the BP group due to omission of one dog for excessive weight loss