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Performance Dog Nutrition Symposium : April 18, 1995, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Performance Dog Nutrition Symposium Colorado State University, Iams Company
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Iams Co., [1995]
Subjects:
Dogs > Nutrition.
Show dogs > Nutrition.
Working dogs > Nutrition.
Dogs.
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Congresses.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of sled dogs and Iditarod research
  • Energy intake
  • Sustained energy expenditure
  • Water balance and hormonal control
  • Cardiovascular implications of performance
  • Protein requirements of the working dog
  • Effect of fat intake on substrate utilization and VO2₋ max
  • Role of muscle glycogen and strategies for carbohydrate feeding
  • Fat and mitochondria
  • Omega-3 and inflammation
  • Omega-3 and performance
  • Fiber for the performance dog
  • Practical recommendations for feeding sled dogs.