Do pets influence the quantity and choice of food offered to them by their owners: Lessons from other animals and the pre-verbal human infant?

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Day, Jon E L ^a   Kergoat, Sophie ^b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^c  

^a WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^b Mars Catalyst ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Feeding; Nutrition; Obesity; Personality; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70449485269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20094042     Document Type: Review

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