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  • Home
  • The Science
    • Obesity in Dogs
    • What causes obesity?
    • Why study genetics of obesity?
    • Gene Mapping in Dogs
    • GOdogs Results
      • Measuring Appetite
      • A mutation contributing to Labrador obesity
      • Labradors, flatcoats, POMC and obesity
  • Your Dog
    • Genetic Testing
    • The Art of Managing Your Dog’s Weight
    • 4 Strategies for Slender Dogs
  • Can You Help?
    • Can your dog help?
    • Can your practice help?
  • About GOdogs
    • People
    • Contact Us
    • Newsletters
    • Jobs and Studentships
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Eleanor Raffan’s review article about companion animal obesity in the Veterinary Record can be downloaded as a pdf here.

The first GOdogs paper: validating the questionnaire we developed to test how dogs attitude to food varies, and initial findings. Full article free to read in PeerJ here.

Wellcome Trust article discussing how genes control human propensity towards obesity: The Anatomy of Appetite.

Alex German’s review in the Journal of Nutrition about Canine Obesity.

Good reviews on the genetics of human obesity, with particular reference to common and rare, early onset forms and the different genetic and mechanistic lessons learned.

You can download a body condition score chart here: Purina BCS Chart.

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