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Pet Obesity: Challenges and Solutions
Stentiford, Kelsey Stentiford, Kelsey
Stentiford, Kelsey
Stentiford, Kelsey
Title
Pet Obesity: Challenges and Solutions
Date
2022-12-12
Subject
pet obesity
pet owners
Body Condition Score
pet weight
pet health
pet owners
Body Condition Score
pet weight
pet health
Material type
Files
Abstract
This undergraduate internship project was designed to communicate to pet owners the health and welfare implications of pet obesity and to provide information on how to achieve weight loss. Being overweight and obese contributes to a variety of disease processes and negatively affects the quality of life in pets. A survey was created and distributed to determine how owners view their pet's weight whether it is obese, overweight, normal weight, or underweight. The results revealed that the pet owners see their pets as a normal weight until they examine the Body Conditioning Score chart where they gain a better perspective of their pets' weight.