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Early diet effects on atopic dermatitis in boxer, bull terrier
By Sallander, Marie et al.·Published in The Open Dermatology Journal·2009·View original on Crossref →
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Original publication title: The Effect of Early Diet on Canine Atopic Dermatitis (CAD) in Three High-Risk Breeds
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A study found that puppies from high-risk breeds like boxers, English bull terriers, and West Highland white terriers may be more likely to develop skin problems like atopic dermatitis if their mother was not fed certain animal products during nursing. Specifically, if the mother didn't get non-commercial meat, eggs, or milk while nursing, and the puppies were fed non-commercial meat before six months old, their risk of developing skin issues increased significantly. However, if the mother did receive these animal products, the puppies' risk was not affected by their diet. This suggests that feeding nursing mothers a proper diet could help reduce skin problems in their puppies.
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Abstract
The effect of diet on the occurrence of canine atopic dermatitis (CAD) in the high-risk breeds boxer, English bull terrier and West Highland white terrier was investigated as part of an extensive case-control study. In that study, a sparing association was seen for feeding the bitch a diet containing non-commercial ingredients during lactation and the subsequent development of CAD in the offspring. The purpose of this study was to further explore the role of diet of the bitch during lactation as well as early dietary exposure of puppies (up to six months of age) on the occurrence of CAD. Two factors were significant in a final logistic regression model: “not feeding non-commercial animal products (meat, egg or milk-products) to the bitch during lactation” (OR = 3.39, 95% CI 1.46-7.92) and “feeding non-commercial meat to the puppy between the age of 2-6 months” (OR = 2.97, 95% CI 1.27-6.93), and further analysis revealed that there was an interaction between these two factors. If a bitch didn’t receive non-commercial animal products during lactation, and the puppy was fed non-commercial meat any time until 6 months of age, the puppy had an increased risk of developing CAD (OR = 5.1, 95% CI 1.2-21.9). If the bitch received at least some non-commercial animal products during lactation there was no difference in risk of CAD for the offspring, regardless of whether the puppy was fed non-commercial meat or not until the age of 6 months (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 0.5-5.6). It seems prudent to feed bitches some non-commercial animal products during lactation.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Crossref: https://doi.org/10.2174/1874372200903010073