Nutritional Disorders in Companion Animals
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2017) | Viewed by 42911
Special Issue Editor
Interests: companion animal nutrition and health; canine dental health; feeding behavior and food preferences; urate urolithiasis in the dalmatian
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Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we are pleased to invite scholarly articles pertaining to nutritional disorders in companion animals. Most commonly, these disorders can be attributed to the dietary intake being insufficient or excessive in particular nutrients, or to the animal’s inability to absorb or utilize nutrients. Different life stages and physiological states create additional nutritional challenges, and consequently some of these nutritional disorders arise in otherwise healthy animals during growth, strenuous exercise, or gestation and lactation. In recent times, the ready availability of nutritionally complete and balanced commercial pet foods has greatly reduced the incidence of nutritional deficiencies, whereas conditions related to overconsumption, such as obesity, have become more prevalent. Topics contributed to this special issue may include any condition that is directly attributable to the diet; or any condition that is ameliorated by dietary intervention even where the diet is not the cause of the disease, such as is the case with certain inherited metabolic disorders.
We look forward to receiving your contributions,
Dr. Wendy Brown
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Diet
- Nutrition
- Nutritionally responsive disorders
- Diet-related health disorders
- Nutrient imbalance
- Vitamin deficiencies and excesses
- Inherited metabolic disorders
- Bioavailability
- Malabsorption
- Urinary calculi
- Diet fixation
- Obesity
- Food allergies and sensitivities
- Eclampsia
- Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Nutritional anaemias
- Dog
- Cat
- Rabbit
- Guinea pig
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