2.6. Statistical Analysis

Statistical analysis was carried out using the STATISTICA 10.0 software (StatSoft, Kraków, Poland). The blood morphology, biochemistry, and hormonal assays obtained on D0 differed among all the investigated groups depending on the physiological status of the individual dogs included, hence the results were analyzed only with respect to the D0 values [17,21]. The values within treated groups were compared to D0, to each other, and to the values obtained in control and treated groups, using the paired Student’s t-test or Mann–Whitney’s U-test depending on distribution. A probability value at p = 0.05 was considered statistically significant.