Letter to the Editor: Cats and Carbohydrates

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 159-160

  Laflamme, Dorothy P ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 57149087466     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2008.10.002     Document Type: Letter

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