Effect of an Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty Acid-Containing Commercial Lamb and Rice Diet on Pruritus in Atopic Dogs: Results of a Single-Blinded Study

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Scott, Danny W ^a   Miller Jr , William H ^a   Reinhart, Gregory A ^b   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a   Bagladi, Mary S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; SHEEP; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; ORYZA SATIVA; PRURITUS; SHEEP; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN;

EID: 0031112329     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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