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**Chapter 16 Provisional chapter**

#### **Functional Pet Foods Functional Pet Foods**

Alessandro Di Cerbo, Federica Pezzuto, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Federica Pezzuto, Gianandrea Guidetti and Sergio Canello

Gianandrea Guidetti and Sergio Canello Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/65391

#### **Abstract**

Functional foods provide health benefits if they are consumed on regular basis. Some nutraceutical pet diets have been demonstrated to exert health benefits *in vitro* and *in vivo* while also exhibiting palatability to the animals. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overall update of commercially available pet diets with proven efficacy against pathologies with an inflammatory background. Research on pet food is still scarce and biased. The ultimate success of functional pet foods will depend on delivering bioactive components in a predictable and assured manner to effectively reduce the risk of disease and/or support the body. Our investigations outlined the improved health status of sick *dogs* by means of a commercially available nutraceutical pet diet approach. Therefore, additional investigations into the consumption of functional foods in domestic animal nutrition should be done in order to study dietary interventions for disease prevention and treatment.

**Keywords:** functional foods, nutraceutical pet diets, proven efficacy
