In recent days, the Royal pet food programme, focusing on the topic of “Pet objects heavy management”, successfully organized a two-day international veterinary seminar in Montpellier, France, and simultaneously published its global pet health study covering eight countries, reaching 14,000 pets and 1750 veterinarians. Data show that 40 per cent of the world's adult dogs and cats are overweight or obese, compared to 50 per cent in China — the equivalent of one in every two Chinese cats. Even worse, more than a quarter of the pets are confused about the concept of “healthy weight”, and nearly a fifth of the pets are affected by web-based gossip and are caught in a vicious circle of “depreciating weight”.
To address this dilemma, the Royal Government established a global veterinary academic exchange platform through a seminar to discuss the key role of veterinary medicine in pet management, how to use science to increase the efficiency of weight management, and launched a social media outreach campaign #ScalingTheConversion to help build bridges between peters and veterinarians. In particular, the Royal Government has invited five senior veterinarians from China to a law exchange visit, which has provided a valuable opportunity for the Chinese pet industry to harmonize its international experience and improve its standards of treatment.
Zhang Chul-chul, Director-General of the Royal Food and China District Petty Hospital channel, stated: “With the concept of reciprocity, we are actively promoting dialogue among industry experts, with the expectation that more high-quality resources will be shared to enable the long-term development of the entire pet value chain. At this seminar, the Royal Government, with its professional data insight, looks forward to working to protect the health of pets by providing easy-to-understand and scientifically reliable information that allows the pets to better understand the importance of weight management and healthy nutrition.”
According to Liu Yang, Vice-President of the Animal Hospital of the Agricultural University of China: “This veterinary seminar covers front-line topics such as veterinary training and the Ai diagnostic technology, and shows a trend towards interdisciplinary integration. As a representative of Chinese veterinarians, I have also felt the strong momentum in the domestic pet industry, some of which have achieved international `go-and-go' and even `lead'. It is expected that in the future there will be more international platforms such as the Veterinary Seminars, which will provide both systematic empowerment of veterinarians and a professional voice for the Chinese veterinary team in the international arena.”
When the feeding fault zone meets the scientific truth: precision nutrition to break the health crisis
Overweight and obesity of pets are the result of a combination of factors, such as differences in the perception of the health weight of pets, and a large amount of contradictory information on the Internet. It should not be overlooked that the problem of overweight is becoming an invisible killer threatening the health of the loved ones, associated with more than 20 diseases. Royal global pet research data reveal three impressive phenomena:
Cognitive gap: pets often softly feed their pets and mistook obesity as a symbol of “cute”;
2. Mist of information: 55 per cent of young pets rely on social media to acquire rearing knowledge, but social media gossip is widespread, leading to a crisis of trust;
3. Communication faults: nearly one third of veterinarians reflect, and false or contradictory information challenges communication between them and their pets.
In this context, this International Veterinary Symposium has chosen to focus on the topic of “Putting objects heavily in management”, working with global veterinary experts to promote the prevention and intervention of pet obesity. Dr. Alex German, Professor of Small Animal Medicine, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, said: “Peterinary obesity has a serious impact on the quality of life and life of pets, and we would like to encourage frank and useful exchanges between veterinarians and pets to convey science's nutrition and weight management concepts.”