Yer Big Dog is turning many years old very soon in a few weeks and while we all have a general understanding of the universe's entropy, it's how we age that determines quality of life. Dr. Lizzy Pearson, spokeperson for the Project is on this episode to talk about this incredible undertaking that's been 15 years in the making.
With about 50,000 dogs already enrolled in this massive study, the Dog Aging Project is acquiring giant data sets and analyzing senescense in all systems of our canine companions. And already, their existing corpus of research is impressive: from correlations between physical activity and cognition in elderly dogs to diet and nutrition as well as cancer development.
Equally important and unlike most others, pet parents have access to these studies and the terabytes of data The Dog Aging Project is accumulating has tremendous downstream significance for comparative science benefiting people as well.
Both Ginger and YBD are enrolling our fuzzybutts in this groundbreaking scientific endeavour and we highly recommend you do, too! You can do so on their website: https://dogagingproject.org/
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