Clinical protocol and treatment of canine obesity with homemade natural feeding: Case report

Abstract

Canine obesity is a very common nutritional disease in veterinary medicine. It is a multifactorial caused disease, characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat in dogs. The diagnosis of this condition can be made by palpation of the adipose tissue, classification of the body condition score, morphometric measurements or by using the calculation of the canine body mass index, relative body weight and fat percentage. The treatment can be done by prescription diet for weight loss such as natural feeding, which is a balanced homemade diet that is appropriate to the nutritional needs of the species and can be used to treat obesity. In this research, a male dog was reported, who was castrated, mixed race, medium size, four years old, 31kg. The dog in question presented overweight characteristics and a body condition score of 9. A natural diet was prescribed to treat the obesity of the animal. The results were analyzed weekly and we were able to observe a reduction in weight, changes in the dog's body composition, reduction in morphometric measurements and fat percentage. Obesity, when not treated correctly, can worsen and cause other diseases.