Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4184
Title: Can dogs go-go-go with no-no meat?: Evaluating a meat-free diet in performance dogs
Contributor(s): Brown, Wendy  (author)orcid ; McIntyre, K A (author); Redman, A J (author); Pluske, J R (author)
Publication Date: 2005
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4184
Abstract: Theoretically, a dog's nutrient requirements can be met from a properly balanced meat-free diet. There are few commercially available meat-free diets for dogs, and their recent arrival onto the market suggests a new consumer demand for this type of product. However, there is no scientific evidence to demonstrate that a meat-free diet is adequate for exercising dogs. A study by Yamada et al. (1987) which compared the effects of vegetable protein and animal protein diets in dogs during vigorous physical training found a significant decrease in haemoglobin (Hb) and red blood cells (RBC) in dogs fed the vegetable protein diets after 2 weeks while dogs fed the animal protein diet showed no significant change.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: RAAN 2005: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, Armidale, Australia, 10th - 13th July, 2005
Source of Publication: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, v.15, p. 4A-4A
Publisher: University of New England
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
ISSN: 0819-4823
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070204 Animal Nutrition
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920411 Nutrition
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475886?selectedversion=NBD42268531
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