PMID- 19029108
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090129
LR  - 20190703
IS  - 0042-4900 (Print)
IS  - 0042-4900 (Linking)
VI  - 163
IP  - 21
DP  - 2008 Nov 22
TI  - Feeding practices and the use of supplements for dogs kept by owners in different 
      socioeconomic groups.
PG  - 621-4
AB  - The prevalence of feeding practices and supplements for dogs used in private 
      practice (pp) and the non-profit-making People's Dispensary for Sick Animals 
      (pdsa) was evaluated. Questionnaires were completed by 400 pp clients and 400 
      pdsa clients, of which 27.2 per cent and 29.8 per cent, respectively, gave 
      supplements to their dogs. Fatty acids/oils were given by 10.3 per cent of pp 
      clients and 11.5 per cent of pdsa clients, glucosamine and/or chondroitin by 10.5 
      per cent and 5.8 per cent, and vitamins by 6.8 per cent and 19.3 per cent, 
      respectively. The supplements were provided daily by 17.8 per cent of the pp 
      clients and 14.3 per cent of the pdsa clients, and the pdsa clients were 50 per 
      cent more likely to provide the supplements only weekly or monthly than the pp 
      clients. A commercially available maintenance or dietetic diet was fed by 98.8 
      per cent of the pp clients and 94.2 per cent of the pdsa clients.
FAU - Thomson, R M
AU  - Thomson RM
AD  - Division of Companion Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University 
      of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow g61 1qh.
FAU - Hammond, J
AU  - Hammond J
FAU - Ternent, H E
AU  - Ternent HE
FAU - Yam, P S
AU  - Yam PS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Vet Rec
JT  - The Veterinary record
JID - 0031164
SB  - IM
MH  - *Animal Feed
MH  - *Animal Husbandry
MH  - Animals
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - *Dietary Supplements
MH  - *Dogs
MH  - Humans
MH  - Scotland
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2008/11/26 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/30 09:00
CRDT- 2008/11/26 09:00
PHST- 2008/11/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/30 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/11/26 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 163/21/621 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/vr.163.21.621 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vet Rec. 2008 Nov 22;163(21):621-4. doi: 10.1136/vr.163.21.621.