Lesson 3: Supplement The Active Dog

Part 1: Basics of Nutritional Supplements

Part 2: Supplements for Active Dogs

Part 3: Questions & Answers

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Evaluating Your Dog’s Nutrition

• Evaluation Form for Nutritional Changes Download and complete this form to evaluate any nutritional changes you make to your dog’s diet

Selecting Supplements

• National Animal Supplement Council (NASC)
• Consumer Lab
• What’s in Those Supplements?, by Anahad O’Connor
• New York Attorney General Targets Supplements at Major Retailers, by Anahad O’Connor
• ACCLAIM System for Choosing Supplements, by Steven M Fox
• Supplements for Dogs, by dogaware.com

DHA

• A prospective, randomized, doubleblind, placebo-controlled evaluation of the effects ofeicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid on the clinical signs and erythrocyte membrane polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations in dogs with osteoarthritis, by S.Mehler,, L.Maya, et al.

Probiotics

• Randomized, controlled trial evaluating the effect of multi-strain probiotic on the mucosal microbiota in canine idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, by R White, T Atherly,, et al.
• Health benefits observed after probiotic Lactobacillus fermentum CCM 7421 application in dogs, by V Strompfová,I Kubašová & A Lauková

Antioxidants

• Oxidative stress and food supplementation with antioxidants in therapy dogs, by S Sechi, F Fiore, et al.

Joint Supplements

• Efficacy of an oral hyaluronate and collagen supplement as a preventive treatment of elbow dysplasia, by S Martí-Angulo, N García-López, A Díaz-Ramos
• A medicinal herb-based natural health product improves the condition of a canine natural osteoarthritis model: A randomized placebo-controlled trial, by M Moreau, B Lussier,, et al.

Amino Acids

• Dietary essentiality of “nutritionally non-essential amino acids” for animals and humans, by Yongqing Hou, Yulong Yin, and Guoyao Wu

Other Health Issues

• Nutrigenomic activity of plant derived compounds in health and disease: Results of a dietary intervention study in dog, by S Sgorlon, B Stefanon, et al.
• Behavioral Disturbances: An Innovative Approach to Monitor the Modulatory Effects of a Nutraceutical Diet, by A Di Cerbo, A Sechi, et al.
• Effects in dogs with behavioural disorders of a commercial nutraceutical diet on stress and neuroendocrine parameters, by S. Sechi, A. Di Cerbo,, et al.

Whole Foods vs. Synthetic

• Functional foods in pet nutrition: Focus on dogs and cats, by A Di Cerbo, J Cesar, et al.
• Myths and Misperceptions About Ingredients Used in Commercial Pet Foods, by D Laflamme, O Izquierdo,, et al.