An overweight/obesity survey among dogs and cats attended at a veterinary teaching hospital during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Anecdotal reports suggest that the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (COVID-19) has increased overweight and obesity prevalence in dogs and cats. The present report aimed to perform a retrospective overweight/obesity survey on 1,001 consecutive cases attended in the Veterinary Clinics Hospital from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul during its reopening to the public after months closed due to the pandemic. The overall overweight or obesity observed prevalence was 36.63%; being the frequency in cats slightly greater (38.37%) than compared to dogs (35.76%). No local increase in these frequencies was detected. Neutering (dogs and cats), age greater than 10 years (dogs), and male gender (cats) were factors associated with overweight/obesity. Bodyweight was not registered in about 30% of the medical records, while the body condition score was not registered in about 50% of the cases. These flaws were more often observed in feline medical records and efforts to improve these data records are warranted.摘要 轶事报告显示，新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2）引发的新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）大流行导致犬猫的超重与肥胖患病率上升。本研究旨在对南里奥格兰德联邦大学兽医临床医院在因新冠疫情闭院数月后重新对公众开放期间接诊的1001例连续病例开展超重/肥胖回顾性调查。本次调查观察到的总体超重或肥胖患病率为36.63%；其中猫的患病率（38.37%）略高于犬（35.76%）。未检测到本地区此类患病率的上升趋势。绝育（犬与猫）、年龄超过10岁（犬）以及雄性性别（猫）为与超重/肥胖发生相关的危险因素。约30%的就诊病历未记录体重，约50%的病例未记录体况评分（body condition score）。此类数据记录缺陷在猫的病历中更为多见，因此亟需采取措施完善相关数据的记录工作。