{"id":610,"date":"2025-02-04T16:42:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/obese-pets-could-get-weight-loss-jabs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:56","slug":"obese-pets-could-get-weight-loss-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/obese-pets-could-get-weight-loss-jabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Obese pets could get weight-loss jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2024-07-02 14:02:07<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Fat dogs and cats could be offered weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic.<BR><br \/>\nExperts say that the pet obesity crisis is worsening as canines and felines become increasingly portly and there is an interest in using the injections on the animals.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Alex German, a specialist in small animal medicine at the University of Liverpool, is convinced that semaglutide &#8211; the key ingredient in jabs such as Ozempic and Wegovy &#8211; will restrict an animal&#8217;s appetite and be an effective treatment for obesity in the same way it has been for humans.<BR><br \/>\nThe expert also stressed that pet owners shouldn&#8217;t always be blamed for an obese animal.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor German told The Daily Telegraph newspaper: &#8220;The view that obesity in pets is the fault and responsibility of the owner is flawed as it can be genetic and is more complex than a failing owner. We should be supporting owners as best we can.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangpremier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Visit Bang Premier (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-07-02 14:02:07 Fat dogs and cats could be offered weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic. Experts say that the pet obesity crisis is worsening as canines and felines become increasingly portly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}