A study on feeding behavior and association of feeding practices with digestive disorder of pet animals (Dog and Cat)

Abstract

In Bangladesh, home-cooked diets are often fed due to the cost and lack of availability of commercial diets. Recently it is mostly seen that owners choosing commercial diets for their pets. These studies aimed to find out the feeding pattern & associated nutritional diseases of pet animal in Chittagong & Dhaka region & also find out the possible social status of pet owners in Bangladesh. The study was conducted via questionnaires distributed to pet owners visiting in Chattogram Veterinary & Animal Sciences University & Central Veterinary Hospital. Total 50 cases were collected for this study & analyzed that 64% of their respondents had their qualification at graduate level , among 50 species whereas frequency of cat was 76% & the dog was 24%, 68% were fed only home-cooked food, while 32% were fed only commercial food. P value is more than 0.05 so there is no association of vaccination, deworming, feed type, form of feed, flavor of feed, frequency of feeding, and skin disease with different digestive disorders such as in appetite, constipation and diarrhoea. This study provides some basic information regarding feeding behaviour and association of feeding practices with digestive disorder of pet animals (Dog and Cat).