Weight loss in the elderly cat. Appetite is fine and everything looks normal...

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 738-746

  Caney, Sarah ^a  

^a Midlothian Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APPETITE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 68949169229     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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