Evaluation of cats fed vegetarian diets and attitudes of their caregivers

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-73

  Wakefield, Lorelei A ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Michel, Kathryn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAREGIVER; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CAREGIVERS; CATS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TAURINE; VITAMIN B 12;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745686700     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.1.70     Document Type: Article

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