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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2019

Effects of a nutritional supplement in dogs affected by osteoarthritis.

Nadia Musco, Giuseppe Vassalotti, Vincenzo Mastellone, Laura Cortese, Giorgia Della Rocca, Maria Luce Molinari, Serena Calabrò, Raffaella Tudisco, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Pietro Lombardi

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Nadia MuscoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe VassalottiDVM, Vinchiaturo, Campobasso, Italy.
Vincenzo MastelloneDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Laura CorteseDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Giorgia Della RoccaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Maria Luce MolinariDynamopet srl, Verona, Italy.
Serena CalabròDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Raffaella TudiscoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Monica Isabella CutrignelliDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Pietro LombardiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Federico II University Hospital · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITConsorzio Milano Ricerche · ITUniversity of Perugia · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is a form of chronic joint inflammation caused by the deterioration of the joint cartilage, accompanied by chronic pain, lameness and stiffness, particularly after prolonged activity. Alternative treatments of canine osteoarthritis would be desirable and, recently nutraceuticals, have been proposed for this purpose. Twenty cross breed adult dogs affected by osteoarthritis were enrolled and equally divided into two groups (control vs. experimental). The nutritional supplement (Dynamopet srl, Verone, Italy) was administered for 90 days to the dogs of the experimental group in order to evaluate its metabolic and locomotor effects. All the clinical signs (lameness, pain on manipulation and palpation, range of motion and joint swelling) significantly (p < 0.01) improved during the trial as regards the experimental group. This group showed a significantly lower joint score than the control group (mean value 7.40 vs. 3.80). With regard to haematology, the mean corpuscular volume resulted significantly (p < 0.01) higher in the experimental group, i.e. alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol and triglycerides values decreased and were significantly (p < 0.01) lower than the control one, thus suggesting an improvement in bone remodelling and lipid metabolism. A decrease in the reactive oxygen metabolites and an increase in the biological antioxidant potential demonstrated an improvement in oxidative stress during the trial in the experimental group compare to the control group. Interleukins 6 decreased in the experimental group, while interleukins 10 resulted in the opposite trend. Moreover, the administration of up to 3 months of the studied supplement was well tolerated in the dogs and caused no adverse effects.

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Animal FeedAnimalsDietDietary SupplementsDog DiseasesDogsFemaleMaleOsteoarthritisRandom Allocationchondroprotectorherbal medicinelamenessnutraceuticalsosteoarthritis

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