Evaluation of the owner's perception in the use of homemade diets for the nutritional management of dogs

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Michele C. C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBrunetto, Márcio A.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Flávio L. da [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorJeremias, Juliana T. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTortola, Letícia
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Marcia O. S.
dc.contributor.authorCarciofi, Aulus C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionTechnical Department , Mogiana Alimentos (Guabi) , Rua das Magnólias , 2405 , Campinas 13.050-89 , SP , Brazil.
dc.contributor.institutionCamilo Castelo Branco University (UNICASTELO) , Av. Hilário da Silva Passos , 950 , Descalvado 13.690-000 , SP , Brazil.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T15:31:02Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T15:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractMany dog owners see homemade diets as a way of increasing the bond with their pets, even though they may not have the convenience of commercial diets. Modifications of ingredients, quality and proportion might change the nutritional composition of the diet, generating nutritional imbalances. The present study evaluated how dog owners use and adhere to homemade diets prescribed by veterinary nutritionists over an extended period of time. Forty-six owners of dogs fed a homemade diet for at least 6 months were selected for the present study. Owners were invited to answer questions by first reading all possible answers and then selecting the one that best indicated their opinion. The results were evaluated through descriptive statistics. Thirty-five owners (76·1 %) found that the diets are easy to prepare. Fourteen owners (30·4 %) admitted to modifying the diets, 40 % did not adequately control the amount of provided ingredients, 73·9 % did not use the recommended amounts of soyabean oil and salt, and 34·8 % did not correctly use the vitamin, mineral or amino acid supplements. Twenty-six owners (56·5 %) reported that their dogs refused to eat at least one food item. All of these alterations make the nutritional composition of the diets unpredictable and likely nutritionally imbalanced. Although homemade diets could be a useful tool for the nutritional management of dogs with certain diseases, not all owners are able to appropriately use this type of diet and adhere to it for an extended period of time and this limitation needs to be considered when recommending the use of homemade diets.en
dc.description.affiliationCollege of Agrarian and Veterinarian Sciences (FCAV) , São Paulo State University (UNESP) , Via de Acesso Professor Paulo Donato Castellane , s/n Jaboticabal 14.884-900 , SP , Brazil.
dc.description.affiliationFaculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ) , University of São Paulo (USP) , Av. Duque de Caxias Norte , 225 , Pirassununga 13.635-900 , SP , Brazil.
dc.description.affiliationTechnical Department , Mogiana Alimentos (Guabi) , Rua das Magnólias , 2405 , Campinas 13.050-89 , SP , Brazil.
dc.description.affiliationCamilo Castelo Branco University (UNICASTELO) , Av. Hilário da Silva Passos , 950 , Descalvado 13.690-000 , SP , Brazil.
dc.description.affiliationUnespCollege of Agrarian and Veterinarian Sciences (FCAV) , São Paulo State University (UNESP) , Via de Acesso Professor Paulo Donato Castellane , s/n Jaboticabal 14.884-900 , SP , Brazil.
dc.description.sponsorshipClinical Nutrition Service (FUNEP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFUNEP: 1.0631-3
dc.format.extent1-5
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2014.24
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Nutritional Science, v. 3, p. 1-5, 2014.
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/jns.2014.24
dc.identifier.issn2048-6790
dc.identifier.pmcPMC4473168
dc.identifier.pubmed26101592
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/131034
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJournal of Nutritional Science
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Nutritional Science
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,984
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dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectCanine nutritionen
dc.subjectOwned dogsen
dc.subjectUnconventional dietsen
dc.titleEvaluation of the owner's perception in the use of homemade diets for the nutritional management of dogsen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderJournal of Nutritional Science
unesp.author.lattes4620650316029248[7]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-3859-3983[7]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt

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