{"topic_id":"evidence_canine_senior_geriatric_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_canine_senior_geriatric_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Evidence cluster — senior / geriatric dog nutrition (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, first-hand peer-reviewed abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_canine_senior_geriatric_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 412\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\nsource_document: \"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41333724\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Europe PMC\"\n  title: \"Evidence cluster — senior / geriatric dog nutrition (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)\"\n  url: \"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41333724/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-22\"\n  ref: \"PMID 41333724\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: cc_by\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-repo\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Evidence: senior / geriatric dog nutrition\n\nSource: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-07-22. Query: `((\"senior\" OR \"geriatric\" OR \"aging\") AND dog AND (nutrition OR diet)) AND HAS_ABSTRACT:\"Y\"`. The cluster returns **5444** records in Europe PMC; 6 representative studies are extracted below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.\n\n## Studies\n- **PMID 41333724 (2025, Veterinary world)** — Feeding practices, purchasing behaviors, and their association with non-communicable diseases in dogs: Insights from Thai pet owners.. <h4>Background and aim</h4>The rapid expansion of Thailand's pet industry has influenced dog owners' purchasing behaviors and feeding practices, with potential implications for canine health.\n- **PMID 41149653 (2025, Metabolites)** — Serum Metabolomics of Senior Dogs Fed a Fresh, Human-Grade Food or an Extruded Kibble Diet.. <b>Background/Objectives</b>: Despite the growing popularity of fresh food for dogs, there is an extremely small amount of literature evaluating the potential health benefits of fresh food and reduced processing compared\n- **PMID 42278184 (2026, Animals : an open access journal from MDPI)** — Emerging Trends in Pet Food: Scientific Innovations, Patent Landscapes, and Global Market Development.. The pet food sector has progressively evolved over the past decade from conventional nutrition toward functionally targeted and sustainability-oriented systems that are increasingly parallel developments in human health.\n- **PMID 41976093 (2026, Animals : an open access journal from MDPI)** — Evidence-Based Clinical Management of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome: Diagnostic Algorithms, Practical Guidelines, Critical Appraisal of Biomarkers and Translational Limitations.. Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CCDS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting older dogs that shares many pathological mechanisms with human Alzheimer's disease (AD).\n- **PMID 41487487 (2025, Frontiers in veterinary science)** — Exploratory analysis of nutrient composition of adult and senior dog diets.. <h4>Introduction</h4>Senior dog foods are often marketed as distinct from adult formulations, yet no specific nutrient profiles exist for this life stage.\n- **PMID 42245978 (2026, Frontiers in veterinary science)** — Insights into the influence of dog and guardian demographics, nutrition, and relationship on raw feeding practices.. <h4>Introduction</h4>Raw meat-based diets (RMBD) are increasingly popular among dog guardians, yet the role of personal nutrition habits and pet-guardian relationships in their adoption remains unclear.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_canine_senior_geriatric_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22).\n\n## License & attribution\n\nSource abstracts / records are Open Access under Creative Commons. Each referenced\nstudy is reproduced with attribution under its specific CC license (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND); the exact license variant for each reference is stated on its Europe PMC /\nPMC record. Original records:\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41149653/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41333724/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41487487/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41976093/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42245978/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42278184/\n","sources":["Europe PMC — Evidence cluster — senior / geriatric dog nutrition (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC) (retrieved 2026-07-22)"],"source":{"authority":"Europe PMC","title":"Evidence cluster — senior / geriatric dog nutrition (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41333724/","retrieved":"2026-07-22","ref":"PMID 41333724","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41333724","verification_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_canine_senior_geriatric_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt"},"source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41333724","source_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_canine_senior_geriatric_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"verbatim","license":"cc_by","display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":412,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}