Are carnivore digestive separation mechanisms revealed on structure-rich diets?: Faecal inconsistency in dogs (Canis familiaris) fed day old chicks

• Annelies De Cuyper ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: annelies.decuyper@ugent.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2057-8283

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• Marcus Clauss,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Myriam Hesta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• An Cools,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Guido Bosch,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Nutrition Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Wouter H. Hendriks,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Nutrition Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Geert P. J. Janssens

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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