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Nutraceuticals - Pandora's Box?

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Carver-Raffa D.
In: SFT - Theriogenology Annual Conference - Milwaukee, 2011 by Society for Theriogenology
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AUG 13, 2011
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The term nutraceutical is not a legal term, but was coined in the 1980’s by a physician regarding oral compounds that were neither a nutrient or a pharmaceutical. The now defunct North American Veterinary Nutraceutical Council defined veterinary nutraceuticals as a non-drug substance in a purified or extracted form that is administered orally to provide agents for normal body function. Administering these products is done with the intention of improving the health and well-being of animals. Nutraceuticals are classified as dietary supplements and fall under the regulation of the Food and Drug Administration [...]

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Carver-Raffa, D. (2011) “Nutraceuticals - Pandora's Box?”, SFT - Theriogenology Annual Conference - Milwaukee, 2011. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/sft/sft-theriogenology-annual-conference-milwaukee-2011/nutraceuticals-pandoras-box (Accessed: 08 June 2023).

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