Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics
Objective: To characterize obese or overweight dogs that visited private Japanese veterinary clinics located in humid subtropical climate zones. Methods: Dogs were categorized into four body condition score groups and five body size groups based on their breed. Multilevel logistic regression models...
Published in: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 https://doaj.org/article/4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc 2023-05-15T15:11:01+02:00 Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics Shiho Usui Hidemi Yasuda Yuzo Koketsu 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 https://doaj.org/article/4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116301587 https://doaj.org/toc/2221-1691 2221-1691 doi:10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 https://doaj.org/article/4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 338-343 (2016) Age Canine Factors Obesity Overweight Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 2022-12-30T22:51:14Z Objective: To characterize obese or overweight dogs that visited private Japanese veterinary clinics located in humid subtropical climate zones. Methods: Dogs were categorized into four body condition score groups and five body size groups based on their breed. Multilevel logistic regression models were applied to the data. A Chi-squared test was used to examine whether the percentage of obese or overweight dogs differed between breeds. Results: There were 15.1% obese dogs and 39.8% overweight dogs. Obese dogs were characterized by increased age and female sex, whereas overweight dogs were characterized by increased age and neuter status (P < 0.05). Peak probabilities of dogs being either obese or overweight were between 7 and 9 years of age, with the probabilities then declining as the dogs got older. For example, in toy sized dogs, the probability of dogs being overweight increased from 33.4% to a peak of 55.1% as dog age rose from 1 to 8 years old. Also, in medium, small and toy sized dogs, neutered dogs were more likely to be overweight than intact dogs, whereas neutered small sized dogs were more likely to be obese than intact small sized dogs (P < 0.05). Additionally, the percentages of obese or overweight dogs differed between the 10 selected breeds with the highest percentage of obese or overweight dogs. Conclusions: By taking age, body size, sex and neuter status into account, veterinarians can advise owners about maintaining their dogs in ideal body condition. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 6 4 338 343 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
Age Canine Factors Obesity Overweight Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 |
spellingShingle |
Age Canine Factors Obesity Overweight Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Shiho Usui Hidemi Yasuda Yuzo Koketsu Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics |
topic_facet |
Age Canine Factors Obesity Overweight Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 |
description |
Objective: To characterize obese or overweight dogs that visited private Japanese veterinary clinics located in humid subtropical climate zones. Methods: Dogs were categorized into four body condition score groups and five body size groups based on their breed. Multilevel logistic regression models were applied to the data. A Chi-squared test was used to examine whether the percentage of obese or overweight dogs differed between breeds. Results: There were 15.1% obese dogs and 39.8% overweight dogs. Obese dogs were characterized by increased age and female sex, whereas overweight dogs were characterized by increased age and neuter status (P < 0.05). Peak probabilities of dogs being either obese or overweight were between 7 and 9 years of age, with the probabilities then declining as the dogs got older. For example, in toy sized dogs, the probability of dogs being overweight increased from 33.4% to a peak of 55.1% as dog age rose from 1 to 8 years old. Also, in medium, small and toy sized dogs, neutered dogs were more likely to be overweight than intact dogs, whereas neutered small sized dogs were more likely to be obese than intact small sized dogs (P < 0.05). Additionally, the percentages of obese or overweight dogs differed between the 10 selected breeds with the highest percentage of obese or overweight dogs. Conclusions: By taking age, body size, sex and neuter status into account, veterinarians can advise owners about maintaining their dogs in ideal body condition. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Shiho Usui Hidemi Yasuda Yuzo Koketsu |
author_facet |
Shiho Usui Hidemi Yasuda Yuzo Koketsu |
author_sort |
Shiho Usui |
title |
Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics |
title_short |
Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics |
title_full |
Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics |
title_fullStr |
Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics |
title_full_unstemmed |
Characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private Japanese veterinary clinics |
title_sort |
characteristics of obese or overweight dogs visiting private japanese veterinary clinics |
publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
publishDate |
2016 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 https://doaj.org/article/4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc |
geographic |
Arctic |
geographic_facet |
Arctic |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 338-343 (2016) |
op_relation |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116301587 https://doaj.org/toc/2221-1691 2221-1691 doi:10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 https://doaj.org/article/4c02be03ca404646addb295818928afc |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.011 |
container_title |
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine |
container_volume |
6 |
container_issue |
4 |
container_start_page |
338 |
op_container_end_page |
343 |
_version_ |
1766341931281940480 |