Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Docosahexaenoic acid and neurologic development in animals.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Heinemann, Kimberly M & Bauer, John E
- Affiliation:
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Feeding dams a diet enriched with DHA during gestation and lactation has been associated with improvements in neurologic development of their puppies. Also, feeding diets or supplements containing DHA may improve memory or learning in young dogs.
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