评估猫中甲状腺功能亢进症的饮食和环境风险因素。
摘要来源:
j am vet Med Assoc。 2000年9月15日; 217(6):853-6。 PMID: 10997155“ FreItag
文章隶属关系:华盛顿大学的流行病学系,西雅图,西雅图98195,美国。
摘要:
目标: ,以识别猫的饮食和环境风险因素,DESIGN: Case-control study.
ANIMALS: 100 cats with hyperthyroidism and 163 control cats.
PROCEDURE: 检查了医疗记录,所有者完成了邮寄的问卷。收集的数据包括有关人口统计学变量,环境暴露和饮食的信息,包括罐装猫食品的首选口味。
结果: 猫猫最近出生的猫的可能性明显低于对照猫。住房;接触肥料,除草剂或植物农药;定期使用跳蚤产品; and presence of a smoker in the home were not significantly associated with an increased risk of disease, but cats that preferred fish or liver and giblets flavors of canned cat food had an increased risk.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results suggest that cats that prefer to eat certain flavors of canned cat food may have a significantly increased risk of甲状腺功能亢进。