Referência:
Teixeira FA, Queiroz MR, Oba PM, Olivindo RFG, Ernandes MC, Duarte CN, Rentas MF, Brunetto MA. Brazilian owners perception of the body condition score of dogs and cats. BMC Vet Res. 2020 Nov 27;16(1):463. doi: 10.1186/s12917-020-02679-8. PMID: 33246455; PMCID: PMC7694915.
Resumo:
The knowledge of how owners view the body condition of their animals is an important factor for the success of the prevention/treatment of obesity and the engagement/adherence to nutritional interventions, which are fundamental to improve the animal prognosis. For this reason, the objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of the owners regarding the body condition score of their animals, compare the perception between cat vs. dog owners, and owners from the countryside vs. metropolitan region of São Paulo State in Brazil.
Palavras-chave: obesidade, escore de condição corporal, manejo da obesidade, perda de peso, comportamento do tutor, percepção