Higher neonatal growth rate and body condition score at 7 months are predictive factors of obesity in adult female Beagle dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risks during early growth on becoming overweight in adulthood are widely studied in humans. However, early-life predictive factors for canine adult overweight and obesity have not yet been studied. To identify factors that may help explain the development of overweight and obesity at adulthood in dogs, a longitudinal study of 2 years was conducted in 24 female Beagle dogs of the same age, sexual status, and raised under identical environmental conditions. By means of a hierarchical classification on principal components with the following quantitative values: fat-free mass (FFM), percentage fat mass and pelvic circumference at 2 years of age, three groups of dogs were established and were nominally named: ideal weight (IW, n = 9), slightly overweight (OW1, n = 6) and

SUBMITTER: Leclerc L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5390368 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature