Nutritional inadequacies in commercial vegan foods for dogs and cats

Rafael Vessecchi Amorim Zafalon; Larissa Wünsche Risolia; Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini; Roberta Bueno Ayres Rodrigues; Vivian Pedrinelli; Fabio Alves Teixeira; Mariana Fragoso Rentas; Mariana Pamplona Perini; Isabella Corsato Alvarenga; Marcio Antonio Brunetto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227046

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Nutritional inadequacies in commercial vegan foods for dogs and cats

Rafael Vessecchi Amorim Zafalon,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Larissa Wünsche Risolia,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Roberta Bueno Ayres Rodrigues,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Vivian Pedrinelli,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Fabio Alves Teixeira,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Mariana Fragoso Rentas,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Mariana Pamplona Perini,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Isabella Corsato Alvarenga,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Marcio Antonio Brunetto

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

* E-mail: mabrunetto@usp.br

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-0343

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Nutritional inadequacies in commercial vegan foods for dogs and cats

Rafael Vessecchi Amorim Zafalon,
Larissa Wünsche Risolia,
Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini,
Roberta Bueno Ayres Rodrigues,
Vivian Pedrinelli,
Fabio Alves Teixeira,
Mariana Fragoso Rentas,
Mariana Pamplona Perini,
Isabella Corsato Alvarenga,
Marcio Antonio Brunetto

Published: January 17, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227046

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