Dietary management of obesity in companion animals via alteration of lipid metabolism

Yuka Mitsuhashi Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Companion Animal Nutrition Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843.

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John E. Bauer Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Companion Animal Nutrition Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843.

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