Reply to the Comment from Watson, K.M. “Letter to the Editor Re: Kipperman, B.S. and German, A.J. Animals 2018, 8, 143” Animals 2018, 8, 179
1
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
2
Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease and Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Neston CH64 7TE, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Animals 2018, 8(11), 202; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8110202
Submission received: 29 October 2018
/
Accepted: 6 November 2018
/
Published: 9 November 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Companion Animals)
Dear Editor,
We appreciate the interest [1] in our opinion paper [2] regarding companion animal obesity and, although there is limited published evidence, agree that some pet owners might respond negatively when this issue is addressed. As a One Health problem, we are not surprised that scientific literature corroborates under-reporting of obesity by human health care providers and common barriers to discussing this disease. We agree that further studies are warranted to encourage and assist veterinarians in both reporting and discussing overweight and obesity.
Author Contributions
B.S.K. conceived of the paper; B.S.K. and A.J.G. co-wrote and edited the paper.
Conflicts of Interest
A.J.G.’s academic post at the University of Liverpool is financially supported by Royal Canin. A.J.G. has also received financial remuneration for providing educational material, speaking at conferences, and consultancy work from this company; all such remuneration has been for projects unrelated to the work reported in this manuscript.
References
- Watson, K.M. Letter to the Editor Re: Kipperman, B.S. and German, A.J. Animals 2018, 8, 143. Animals 2018, 8, 179. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Kipperman, B.S.; German, A.J. The Responsibility of Veterinarians to Address Companion Animal Obesity. Animals 2018, 8, 143. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Share and Cite
MDPI and ACS Style
Kipperman, B.S.; German, A.J. Reply to the Comment from Watson, K.M. “Letter to the Editor Re: Kipperman, B.S. and German, A.J. Animals 2018, 8, 143” Animals 2018, 8, 179. Animals 2018, 8, 202. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8110202
AMA Style
Kipperman BS, German AJ. Reply to the Comment from Watson, K.M. “Letter to the Editor Re: Kipperman, B.S. and German, A.J. Animals 2018, 8, 143” Animals 2018, 8, 179. Animals. 2018; 8(11):202. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8110202
Chicago/Turabian StyleKipperman, Barry S., and Alexander J. German. 2018. "Reply to the Comment from Watson, K.M. “Letter to the Editor Re: Kipperman, B.S. and German, A.J. Animals 2018, 8, 143” Animals 2018, 8, 179" Animals 8, no. 11: 202. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8110202
Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.
