Association between life span and body condition in neutered client-owned dogs

Salt, Carina; Morris, Penelope; Wilson, Derek; M. Lund, Elizabeth; J. German, Alexander

doi:10.1111/jvim.15367

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Association between life span and body condition in neutered client-owned dogs

Published in Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine • Dec 11, 2018

Authors:

Carina Salt

Penelope Morris

Derek Wilson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is an association between overweight status and life span in kenneled dogs, but a similar association has not been reported for pet dogs. OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of being overweight in middle age on the life span of neutered client-owned dogs. ANIMALS: Fifty-thousand sev...

Subject

Overweight

Medicine

Breed

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