Alimentação e nutrição de cães em diversas fases da vida

Abstract

The present bibliographic review and study of case aims to lecture on the principles of dog food and nutrition and to evaluate the profile of the owners of dogs in the town of Dom Pedrito (state of Rio Grande do Sul), using an questionnaire objective questions that was applied to the population of the town, as well as for academics of Unipampa in the period of January to April 2013. Currently, the food and nutrition of dogs has been undergoing major changes, and alternative feed passing from the food comsuption of commercial economy class until filet mignon of super premium feed. Therefore, this bibliographic review aims to study different stages of development, from the period of pregnancy, lactation up to the rank of senior dogs (old dogs). In accordance to the above, the questionnaire applied to the community ( n = 100) showed that 68% of respondents do not care about nutritional value of the food offered to their dog, and that 81% of those feed their dog with commercial dry food and 78% of those of purchase price as commercial feeds. With this information, and data obtained, it is expected that the review article will contributes directly and clearly to elucidate the nutritional demands of dogs in their different stages of age, and to promote this research lines in the Animal Science faculty in campus Dom Pedrito Unipampa University.