Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition

[Animal]

Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition
By Andrea J. Fascetti (Editor), Sean J. Delaney (Editor)

Pages: 400 pages
Publisher: --
Edition: 1 edition (January 24, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813806577
ISBN-13: 978-0813806570

Description

Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition provides current, clinically relevant nutritional advice intended for use in daily canine and feline practice. Highly practical, the book emphasizes solutions for integrating nutrition into clinical practice, with introductory chapters covering the foundation and science behind the recommendations and extensive references for further reading. Written by a group of leading veterinary nutritionists, Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition is a valuable resource on the principles of animal nutrition and feeding practices in healthy or diseased dogs and cats.
The book begins with an overview of basic nutrition, energy requirements, and the basics of product guides, pet foods, home-prepared diets and dietary supplements. Subsequent chapters delve into feeding the healthy dog and cat, nutrition for weight management, and nutritional principles for a variety of diseases, with the final chapters covering enteral and parenteral nutrition. Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition is a daily reference for veterinary practitioners, students, and residents seeking authoritative information on feeding animals.

Key features

• Supplies authoritative information from the leading veterinary nutritionists
• Offers practical strategies for incorporating nutritional principles into daily clinical small animal practice
• Provides a reliable resource on feeding practices in both healthy and diseased dogs and cats
• Covers basic background information such as energy requirements and pet food choices as well as clinically oriented topics like weight management and nutritional management of disease
• Helps veterinary practitioners of all experience levels to confidently and competently make nutritional recommendations
  

Content

Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Contributors
vii
1 Integration of Nutrition into Clinical Practice 3
Sean J. Delaney, Andrea J. Fascetti, and Paul Brentson

2 Basic Nutrition Overview 9
Sean J. Delaney and Andrea J. Fascetti

3 Determining Energy Requirements 23
Jon J. Ramsey

4 Nutritional and Energy Requirements for Performance 47
Richard C. Hill

5 Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements 57
David A. Dzanis

6 Using Pet Food Labels and Product Guides 69
Sean J. Delaney and Andrea J. Fascetti

7 Feeding the Healthy Dog and Cat 75
Andrea J. Fascetti and Sean J. Delaney

8 Commercial and Home-Prepared Diets 95
Andrea J. Fascetti and Sean J. Delaney

9 Nutritional Management of Body Weight 109
Kathryn E. Michel

10 Nutritional Management of Orthopedic Diseases 125
Herman Hazewinkel

11 Nutritional Management of Skin Diseases 157
Catherine A. Outerbridge

12 Nutritional Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases 175
Nick Cave

13 Nutritional Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Diseases 221
Cecilia Villaverde

14 Nutritional Management of Hepatobiliary Diseases 235
Stanley L. Marks

15 Nutritional Management of Kidney Disease 251
Denise A. Elliott

16 Nutritional Management of Lower Urinary Tract Disease 269
Joe Bartges and Claudia Kirk

17 Nutritional Management of Endocrine Diseases 289
Andrea J. Fascetti and Sean J. Delaney

18 Nutritional Management of Cardiovascular Diseases 301
Lisa M. Freeman and John E. Rush

19 Nutritional Management of Oncological Diseases 315
Glenna E. Mauldin

20 Enteral Nutrition and Tube Feeding 329
Jennifer A. Larsen 21 Parenteral Nutrition 353
Sally C. Perea

Index 375

 

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