TY - JOUR AU - Teixeira, Fabio Alves AU - Queiroz, Mariana Ramos AU - Oba, Patrícia Massae AU - Olivindo, Rodrigo Fernando Gomes AU - Ernandes, Mariane Ceschin AU - Duarte, Caio Nogueira AU - Rentas, Mariana Fragoso AU - Brunetto, Marcio Antonio PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/27 TI - Brazilian owners perception of the body condition score of dogs and cats JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 463 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The knowledge of how owners view the body condition of their animals is an important factor for the success of the prevention/treatment of obesity and the engagement/adherence to nutritional interventions, which are fundamental to improve the animal prognosis. For this reason, the objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of the owners regarding the body condition score of their animals, compare the perception between cat vs. dog owners, and owners from the countryside vs. metropolitan region of São Paulo State in Brazil. SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02679-8 DO - 10.1186/s12917-020-02679-8 ID - Teixeira2020 ER -