Constantly scratch, scratch, scratching dog? Old, arthritic, lifelong canine buddy? Have you tried supplementing with dietary fish oil? Just like for humans, fish oil is a highly popular supplement to treat a plethora of maladies. It has long been touted for its great ability to improve health and treat ailments in both humans and animals! Fish oil is used as a supplement for dogs to manage health issues such as osteoarthritis, canine atopy, and other skin allergies and diseases. In humans, it is also used to help with cardiovascular diseases, but since dogs generally do not have as much concern for cardiovascular issues like humans do, it is not considered a preventative for cardiovascular issues in canines. Since this is about fish oil as
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It is not a treatable disease, so the focus is on managing it and treating the pain and discomfort associated with it. In the U.K. and U.S. alone, approximately 20% of dogs suffer from some form of osteoarthritis. The most common of these being hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, and post cruciate ligament disease. Typically these are treated through the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, bur since these can have some adverse effects, it has been encouraged to find a more natural approach to the pain management of this disease. This way, use of NSAIDs can be reduced. According to Hielm-Björkman et al., the idea of utilizing fish oil as a way of aiding pain management from osteoarthritis stemmed from evidence found in a study in the late 80’s where dogs were being treated for atopy, but also had concurrent hip dysplasia. This study was investigating how the fish oil affected the dermatological issues, but owners reported that their pets also had seemed to have reduced pain and less issues in …show more content…
In their study, they had three groups: group one was supplemented with sunflower oil, group two was supplemented with fish oil, and group three was supplemented with a combination of both fish oil and vitamin E. These three groups were given these supplements respectively for twelve weeks. After twelve weeks, the researchers administered lipopolysaccharides intravenously in order to induce inflammation. They then took samples and evaluated the serum activity multiple times over the course of six hours. The dogs that were supplemented with fish oil had significantly less PGE2, which supports fish oil as a valid anti-inflammatory treatment and to assist in reducing the problems caused by chronic inflammatory diseases. They found that the ideal supplementation from fish oil was with 1.75 g of EPA/kg of diet and 2.2 g of DHA/kg of diet on a dry matter basis as it had the greatest reducing
It is not a treatable disease, so the focus is on managing it and treating the pain and discomfort associated with it. In the U.K. and U.S. alone, approximately 20% of dogs suffer from some form of osteoarthritis. The most common of these being hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, and post cruciate ligament disease. Typically these are treated through the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, bur since these can have some adverse effects, it has been encouraged to find a more natural approach to the pain management of this disease. This way, use of NSAIDs can be reduced. According to Hielm-Björkman et al., the idea of utilizing fish oil as a way of aiding pain management from osteoarthritis stemmed from evidence found in a study in the late 80’s where dogs were being treated for atopy, but also had concurrent hip dysplasia. This study was investigating how the fish oil affected the dermatological issues, but owners reported that their pets also had seemed to have reduced pain and less issues in …show more content…
In their study, they had three groups: group one was supplemented with sunflower oil, group two was supplemented with fish oil, and group three was supplemented with a combination of both fish oil and vitamin E. These three groups were given these supplements respectively for twelve weeks. After twelve weeks, the researchers administered lipopolysaccharides intravenously in order to induce inflammation. They then took samples and evaluated the serum activity multiple times over the course of six hours. The dogs that were supplemented with fish oil had significantly less PGE2, which supports fish oil as a valid anti-inflammatory treatment and to assist in reducing the problems caused by chronic inflammatory diseases. They found that the ideal supplementation from fish oil was with 1.75 g of EPA/kg of diet and 2.2 g of DHA/kg of diet on a dry matter basis as it had the greatest reducing