The association of exercise, diet and other factors with owner-perceived obesity in privately owned dogs from metropolitan Perth, WA

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Robertson, I D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Dog; Exercise; Logistic regression; Obesity; Overweight; Survey

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037473403     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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