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: Received: 10 July 2024 / Approved: 11 July 2024 / Online: 15 July 2024 (15:32:35 CEST)
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Pignataro, G.; Crisi, P. E.; Landolfi, E.; Belà, B.; Fusaro, I.; Clerico, L.; Gramenzi, A. Homemade Diet as A Paramount for Dogs' Health: A Clinical Study. Preprints2024, 2024070997. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0997.v1
Pignataro, G.; Crisi, P. E.; Landolfi, E.; Belà, B.; Fusaro, I.; Clerico, L.; Gramenzi, A. Homemade Diet as A Paramount for Dogs' Health: A Clinical Study. Preprints 2024, 2024070997. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0997.v1
Pignataro, G.; Crisi, P. E.; Landolfi, E.; Belà, B.; Fusaro, I.; Clerico, L.; Gramenzi, A. Homemade Diet as A Paramount for Dogs' Health: A Clinical Study. Preprints2024, 2024070997. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0997.v1
APA Style
Pignataro, G., Crisi, P. E., Landolfi, E., Belà, B., Fusaro, I., Clerico, L., & Gramenzi, A. (2024). Homemade Diet as A Paramount for Dogs' Health: A Clinical Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0997.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Pignataro, G., Luana Clerico and Alessandro Gramenzi. 2024 "Homemade Diet as A Paramount for Dogs' Health: A Clinical Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0997.v1
Abstract
Pet nutrition awareness has risen enormously, with an increasing interest in homemade diets aimed at controlling food composition. Literature in this field is scarce, especially regarding the homemade diet’s long-term effects on pathological conditions. This prospective study encompassed 167 healthy and sick dogs subjected to a customized dietary plan based on homemade food. After an initial visit, dog owners provided questionnaires with follow-up data on their perceptions of physical signs changes or symptom modifications. 104 (62%) subjects maintained the homemade diet, while 63 reverted to their previous diet. The median follow-up was 14 months. Out of 31 healthy dogs that continued the nutritional plan, 70% exhibited improvements in their coat condition and 47% a decrease in evacuation frequency. Regarding weight loss goals, 67% of dogs achieved their target. The 67 pathological dogs that completed the follow-up were primarily affected by gastrointestinal and dermatological disorders. Dogs with chronic enteropathy improved their symptoms in 95% of the cases, subjects with dermatological pathologies in 83%, and patients presenting both disorders in 100%. These clinical results are promising. Personalized and well-balanced homemade diets noticeably enhanced the overall pet’s health, with almost a complete remission of symptoms in pathological dogs.
Keywords
homemade diet; dog nutrition; follow-up study; gastroenteropathy; dermopathy
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine
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