The oral intake of specific Bioactive Collagen Peptides (BCP) improves gait and quality of life in canine osteoarthritis patients—A translational large animal model for a nutritional therapy option

• Britta Dobenecker ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Dobenecker@lmu.de

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-4219

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• Linda Franziska Böswald,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

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• Sven Reese,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

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• Stephanie Steigmeier-Raith,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

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• Lukas Trillig,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

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• Steffen Oesser,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Collagen Research Institute, Kiel, Germany

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• Michael Schunck,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Collagen Research Institute, Kiel, Germany

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• Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

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• Jutta Hugenberg

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gelita AG, Ebersbach, Germany

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