Dog obesity: veterinary practices' and owners' opinions on cause and management
| Autor: | R.D. Taylor, I.M. Bland, A. Guthrie-Jones, J. Hill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Diet Reducing medicine.medical_treatment Alternative medicine MEDLINE Animal-assisted therapy Veterinarians Dogs Food Animals Animal welfare Physical Conditioning Animal Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Dog Diseases Obesity Animal Husbandry Practice Patterns Physicians' health care economics and organizations Preventive healthcare business.industry Ownership Animal husbandry medicine.disease Animal Feed HUBzero Animal Science and Zoology Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Female business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Preventive veterinary medicine. 94(3-4) |
| ISSN: | 1873-1716 |
| Popis: | Obesity in dogs is attributed to several factors, including genetic pre-disposition, reproductive management and dietary/exercise (human) management. A quantitative analysis of questionnaire responses from dog owners and veterinary practices in Victoria, Australia was used. A total of 219 dog owner questionnaire and 153 veterinary practice questionnaires were returned. Veterinary practices estimated the prevalence of dog obesity within their practice as 30% on average, ranging from |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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