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Nutrition
Nutrition is the cornerstone of all good veterinary care and veterinary professionals are often called upon to provide guidance to pet owners on appropriate nutrition for their pets. This collection brings together some core resources on nutrition for dogs and cats.
Updated 2025.
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Canine life stage nutrition
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2023Author Georgia Woods-LeeCanine life stage nutrition
- Life stage growth and growth charts
- Feeding healthy adults
- Senior nutrition
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Canine nutritional challenges
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2022Authors: Georgia Woods-Lee and Marjorie ChandlerDietary dangers and dilemmas: the vet’s point of view
- In the context of current trends and choices being made by caregivers, understand how caregivers’ nutritional choices can impact patient’s physical and emotional health
- Consider the communication skills needed to keep clients with you, so as to maintain positive influences on the patient’s wellbeing
- Apply the principles of dog friendly interactions in the context patient nutrition
Dietary dangers and dilemmas: the nurse’s point of view
- In the context of current trends and choices being made by caregivers, understand how caregivers’ nutritional choices can impact patient’s physical and emotional health
- Consider the communication skills needed to keep clients with you, so as to maintain positive influences on the patient’s wellbeing
- Apply the principles of dog friendly interactions in the context patient nutrition
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Clinical nutrition
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Advanced Veterinary NursingAuthors: Rachel Lumbis and Daniel L. ChanSmall animal veterinary nutrition initially focused on the essential nutrients and minimal requirements needed to meet the basic biological needs of animals. It was later recognized that health and vitality could be further improved by modifying nutrient levels to the lifestage, lifestyle and breed of an individual animal. In addition, the metabolic changes associated with certain disease states could be corrected or controlled by adjusting levels of key nutrients. Complete nutrition is essential for maintaining good health and plays an important role in modulating many common diseases in animals. Clinical nutrition entails understanding basic nutritional principles and the application of nutrition in optimizing health and well being. This chapter considers diets for dogs and cats with specific conditions such as Hepatic disease; Renal disease; Cardiac disease; Pancreatitis; Diabetes mellitus; Neoplasia; Obesity; Skin disease; Urolithiasis; Gastrointestinal disease; and Degenerative joint disease. The chapter also considers a nutritional assessment, nutritional plan, special conditions, enteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition and monitoring for the hospitalized patient.
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