Timely topics in nutrition: Effects of nutrition choices and lifestyle changes on the well-being of cats, a carnivore that has moved indoors

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 239, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 596-606

  Zoran, Debra L ^a   Tony Buffington, C A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; UROLITHIASIS; WATER;

EID: 80052508292     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.239.5.596     Document Type: Article

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