|
|
Health: Dog Food, Supplements, Ailments, etc.
Started by admin at 01-19-2006 7:17 PM. Topic has 0 replies.
  
|
|
Sort Posts:
|
|
|
|
 01-19-2006, 7:17 PM
|
admin
Joined on 01-13-2006
Posts 399
|
Feeding dogs less = lower rate of hip dysplasia
|
|
|
|
|
"Effects of limited food consumption on the incidence of hip dysplasia in growing dogs", by RD Kealy et al., in JAVMA, Vol. 201, No. 6, Sept. 15, 1992 (pp 857-863), "On the basis of our findings in the long-term study reported here, limited food intake has a beneficial effect on development of the hip joints in growing and adolescent dogs. Labrador Retrievers fed 25% less food than those fed ad libitum had less hip joint laxity when they were 30 weeks old than their ad-libitum-fed counterparts. Furthermore, by maintaining the dogs on the same feeding regimen until they were 2 years old, this beneficial effect was still present at that age, as demonstrated by the significantly lower frequency of hip dysplasia in the limit-fed dogs."
|
|
|
|
|
Report
|
|
|
|
|
CHAKO'S Dog For... » Administrators » Health: Dog Foo... » Feeding dogs less = lower rate of hip dysplasia
|
|
|
|