Performance of a canine weight-loss program in clinical practice

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-302

  Saker, Korinn E ^a   Remillard, Rebecca L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIET THERAPY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 31144475415     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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