BMC Veterinary Research

Predictive factors of canine obesity

The risks during early growth on becoming overweight in adulthood are widely studied in humans. However, early-life predictive factors for canine adult overweight and obesity have not yet been studied. We discuss the importance of canine obesity in our recent blog

With many different animal diseases being reported, how do you decide where to prioritize research and target research funding that will effectively help develop new tools to control and eradicate animal diseases? We speak to Declan O'Brien in our latest BMC Veterinary Research blog and discuss the important work carried out by the DISCONTOOLS group who are addressing these questions.

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International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force Consensus Reports
Collection published: 28th August 2015

Critically Appraised Topics on Adverse Food Reactions
Collection published: 28 August 2015

International Committee on Allergic Diseases of Animals (ICADA) Consenus and Guideline Papers
Collection published: 17 August 2015

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BMC Veterinary Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of veterinary science and medicine, including the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of medical conditions of domestic, companion, farm and wild animals, as well as the biomedical processes that underlie their health.

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Hayley Henderson, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Wolfgang Baeumer, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Patrick Butaye, Ross University
Ignacio Calvo, Royal Veterinary College
Jose J Ceron, University of Murcia
Johannes Charlier, Avia-GIS
Daniel Horton, University of Surrey
Manfred Kietzmann, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Peter Leegwater, Utrecht University
Cheryl London, The Ohio State University
Matthew Parker, University of Portsmouth
Louis Penning, Utrecht University
Laura Rinaldi, University of Naples Federico II
Ayona Silva-Fletcher Royal Veterinary College
Hans-Hermann Thulke, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Holger A Volk, Royal Veterinary College

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