The resulting rates of change were analysed by linear mixed models, incorporating aspect nested in tooth nested in dog as random effects and tooth number, periodontitis status at the end of the study, aspect as fixed effects, along with tooth type, jaw and their interaction.
For the NSS vs. ESS models, phase nested in diet pair nested in dog were defined as the random effects and diet pair, phase and their interaction were defined as fixed effects to investigate if the balance of fat and carbohydrate selected within diet pairs changed with experience.
The final model incorporated tooth nested in dog as the random effects, tooth and baseline gingivitis score as categorical fixed effects and age as covariate.
The probability of progressing to periodontitis was analysed by generalised linear mixed models, for binary data, with tooth nested in dog as the random effects and aspect, tooth type and their interaction as the fixed effects.
For the NSS vs. ESS models (wet foods only), phase nested in dog was defined as the random effect and breed, phase, and their interaction were defined as fixed effects to investigate if there were differences in the macronutrient balance selected between breeds and if this changed with experience.
For the ESS analysis, diet pair nested in dog was defined as the random effect and diet pair was defined as a fixed effect to investigate if there were differences in the balance of carbohydrate and fat selected (protein was fixed) between diet pairs.
When our daughter flew the roost it never occurred to me to fill the empty nest with a dog.
Finally, we hypothesized that playing by vervet monkey troops are influenced by the presence/absence of a raptor nest(s), a dog(s) and the residency type.
After a quick suck of recharging roach blood, the wasp chews off the roach's antennae and leads it to its nest like a dog on a lead.
Parents will dive at and harass intruders to drive them away from nest sites, including dogs, owls, goannas, and even a nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus).
