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Recent Publications by the Nutrition Team

  1. Devlin, L, McCobb, E, Cardamone, C, Linder, DE. Assessing the Impact of a Pilot Nutrition Curriculum on Students' Confidence and Ability to Perform Nutritional Assessments on Overweight Dogs and Cats for Use in a Veterinary Outreach Program. J Vet Med Educ. 2021; :e20200162. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2020-0162. PubMed PMID:34310269 .
  2. Linder, DE, Santiago, S, Halbreich, ED. Is There a Correlation Between Dog Obesity and Human Obesity? Preliminary Findings of Overweight Status Among Dog Owners and Their Dogs. Front Vet Sci. 2021;8 :654617. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.654617. PubMed PMID:34307518 PubMed Central PMC8298855.
  3. Must, A, Mulé, CM, Linder, DE, Cash, SB, Folta, SC. Animal-Assisted Intervention: A Promising Approach to Obesity Prevention for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Vet Sci. 2021;8 :646081. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.646081. PubMed PMID:34095272 PubMed Central PMC8171662.
  4. Hanford, R, Linder, DE. Impact of Obesity on Quality of Life and Owner's Perception of Weight Loss Programs in Cats. Vet Sci. 2021;8 (2):. doi: 10.3390/vetsci8020032. PubMed PMID:33672603 PubMed Central PMC7924056.
  5. Adin, D, Freeman, L, Stepien, R, Rush, JE, Tjostheim, S, Kellihan, H et al.. Effect of type of diet on blood and plasma taurine concentrations, cardiac biomarkers, and echocardiograms in 4 dog breeds. J Vet Intern Med. 2021;35 (2):771-779. doi: 10.1111/jvim.16075. PubMed PMID:33638176 PubMed Central PMC7995416.
  6. Freid, KJ, Freeman, LM, Rush, JE, Cunningham, SM, Davis, MS, Karlin, ET et al.. Retrospective study of dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs. J Vet Intern Med. 2021;35 (1):58-67. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15972. PubMed PMID:33345431 PubMed Central PMC7848368.
  7. van Hoek, IM, Laxalde, J, Connolly, DJ, Rush, JE, Freeman, LM. Echocardiographic, morphometric and biomarker changes in female cats followed from 6 to 24 months of life. J Feline Med Surg. 2021;23 (4):278-286. doi: 10.1177/1098612X20943684. PubMed PMID:32720562 .
  8. Ware, WA, Freeman, LM, Rush, JE, Ward, JL, Makowski, AJ, Zhang, M et al.. Vitamin D status in cats with cardiomyopathy. J Vet Intern Med. 2020;34 (4):1389-1398. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15833. PubMed PMID:32557856 PubMed Central PMC7379033.
  9. Freeman, LM, Rush, JE, Clark, MA, Bulmer, BJ. Validation and preliminary data from a health-related quality of life questionnaire for owners of dogs with cardiac disease. J Vet Intern Med. 2020;34 (3):1119-1126. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15791. PubMed PMID:32396234 PubMed Central PMC7255686.
  10. Linder, D, Cardamone, C, Cash, SB, Castellot, J, Kochevar, D, Dhadwal, S et al.. Development, implementation, and evaluation of a novel multidisciplinary one health course for university undergraduates. One Health. 2020;9 :100121. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100121. PubMed PMID:32140537 PubMed Central PMC7044528.
  11. Serpell, JA, Kruger, KA, Freeman, LM, Griffin, JA, Ng, ZY. Current Standards and Practices Within the Therapy Dog Industry: Results of a Representative Survey of United States Therapy Dog Organizations. Front Vet Sci. 2020;7 :35. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00035. PubMed PMID:32118059 PubMed Central PMC7020743.
  12. Freeman, LM, Michel, KE, Zanghi, BM, Vester Boler, BM, Fages, J. Usefulness of muscle condition score and ultrasonographic measurements for assessment of muscle mass in cats with cachexia and sarcopenia. Am J Vet Res. 2020;81 (3):254-259. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.81.3.254. PubMed PMID:32101040 .
  13. Kibler, L, Heinze, CR, Webster, CR. Serum vitamin D status in sick cats with and without cholestatic liver disease. J Feline Med Surg. 2020;22 (10):944-952. doi: 10.1177/1098612X19895081. PubMed PMID:31916866 .
  14. Santiago, SL, Freeman, LM, Rush, JE. Cardiac cachexia in cats with congestive heart failure: Prevalence and clinical, laboratory, and survival findings. J Vet Intern Med. 2020;34 (1):35-44. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15672. PubMed PMID:31837182 PubMed Central PMC6979101.
  15. Lam, ATH, Johnson, LN, Heinze, CR. Assessment of the clinical accuracy of serum and saliva assays for identification of adverse food reaction in dogs without clinical signs of disease. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2019;255 (7):812-816. doi: 10.2460/javma.255.7.812. PubMed PMID:31517577 .
  16. Ineson, DL, Freeman, LM, Rush, JE. Clinical and laboratory findings and survival time associated with cardiac cachexia in dogs with congestive heart failure. J Vet Intern Med. 2019;33 (5):1902-1908. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15566. PubMed PMID:31317600 PubMed Central PMC6766489.
  17. Schleicher, M, Cash, SB, Freeman, LM. Determinants of pet food purchasing decisions. Can Vet J. 2019;60 (6):644-650. . PubMed PMID:31156266 PubMed Central PMC6515811.
  18. Freeman, LM, Michel, KE, Zanghi, BM, Vester Boler, BM, Fages, J. Evaluation of the use of muscle condition score and ultrasonographic measurements for assessment of muscle mass in dogs. Am J Vet Res. 2019;80 (6):595-600. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.80.6.595. PubMed PMID:31140851 .
  19. Sutherland-Smith, J, Hutchinson, D, Freeman, LM. Comparison of computed tomographic attenuation values for epaxial muscles in old and young dogs. Am J Vet Res. 2019;80 (2):174-177. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.80.2.174. PubMed PMID:30681359 .
  20. Karlin, ET, Rush, JE, Freeman, LM. A pilot study investigating circulating trimethylamine N-oxide and its precursors in dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease with or without congestive heart failure. J Vet Intern Med. 2019;33 (1):46-53. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15347. PubMed PMID:30511765 PubMed Central PMC6335534.
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