Findings from the Dog Aging Project: home-prepared diets for companion dogs feature diverse ingredients, and few are nutritionally complete
Veterinarians collecting diet history information should take care to fully examine the home-prepared diets reported by owners and use a variety of tools, including consultation with board-certified veterinary nutritionists (diplomate of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Nutrition), to assist owners in the selection of a maintenance diet.
Authors
- Mary Katherine Tolbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-9530)
- Janice O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0724-6564)
- E. O. Lawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-2089)
- Audrey Ruple (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5223-0217)
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.25.06.0216
- Primary Topic
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00