INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 2

L-carnitine - Therapeutic and nutritional role in dogs

  • Author:
  • R.I. Hatzade1,*, S.P. Waghmare2, A.U. Bhikane3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 470 to 473

1Doctorate Scholar Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and JurisprudencePost Graduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal SciencesMaharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU)Akola - 444002 (Maharashtra)

2Professor and Hospital Superintendent, TVCC

3Head and Associate Dean, TVCC

Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and JurisprudencePost Graduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal SciencesMaharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU)Akola - 444002 (Maharashtra)

*Corresponding author. E-mail: drravihatzade@rediffmail.com

Online Published on 20 April, 2022.

Abstract

The communication provides details of carnitine structure, synthesis, metabolism and its nutritional role in prevention and treatment of various conditions in dogs. It is commonly used in the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy and promoting oxidation of body fats in obsessed dogs to loose body weight without affecting lean body mass.

Keywords

Carnitine, Dog, Nutrition