Nutrition

Nutritional needs of the anorectic or debilitated animal are sometimes overlooked, since most of the focus is placed on curing the disease and not the whole patient.

Supplementation of diets may be necessary due to dietary imbalances or because of disease-specific therapeutic benefits of the supplement.

Foods, whether for human or animal consumption, are supposed to provide nutrients for maintenance of health; however, situations arise where the food may be source of the problem.

Pet food sales in the United States exceed 17 billion dollars. Veterinarians and veterinary staff are – and should be – a valuable source for nutritional recommendations.

Veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and the general public are inundated with information, some accurate and some not, on pet nutrition.

Therapeutic diets represent another aspect of treatment of specific diseases in addition to conventional therapy. These diets are designed for one or more diseases and formulated to contain a nutrient composition that may be of benefit in treating these diseases.

This association estimates half of the dogs and cats in the United States are too heavy.

Participate in a study to help raise awareness about the dangers of pet obesity-and possibly win $200 for your clinic.

People should be vigilant on behalf of their animals, a veterinarian says.

This team member met a dog that reminded her that she can't care for every pet, but she can help one needy family at a time.

Talk to clients about the importance of therapeutic pet food?and how to pay for it.

Owners exercising with their pets not only improves the health of both but can strengthen the human-animal bond.

Here's your script for talking to clients about the importance of buying therapeutic pet food at your clinic-not a pet store.

Participation in this CE offering is available to members of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America. The applicable article is available in the September 2008 issue of The NAVTA Journal. (1 CE credit)

Dog visits to the veterinarian increased about 8 percent last year to an average of 2.8 annual visits, while cat visits remained unchanged at an average of 2.1 annually, according to a national survey.

The gastrointestinal tract in dogs and cats is a very dynamic organ that performs numerous functions essential for health and well-being.

During the past three decades, a tremendous amount of information has been generated regarding the etiology, detection, treatment, and prevention of canine urolithiasis.

Urethral obstruction is a life-threatening situation.

The primary goal of nutritional assessment is to identify which patient is at risk for malnutrition.

Undoubtedly, if you are in small animal practice, you have encountered pet owners who are feeding raw diets, and these owners tend to be very passionate about this practice of feeding raw foods.

The purpose of the lecture is to provide an overview and an update on therapeutic options available for the four most common mineral types of uroliths in dogs.

Management of Equine Metabolic Syndrome, the most accepted term for a syndrome of middle-aged obesity accompanied insulin resistance and insidious-onset laminitis, can be challenging as it primarily involves client education and acceptance to comply with dietary recommendations to effect substantial weight loss.

Shelter medicine is specialized herd health medicine for small animals.

Due to the poor prognosis and expense associated with clinical cases of obstructive urolithiasis as well as the herd or flock implications of the disease, considerable focus should be placed on prevention.

Nutritional support is required for anorexic patients, debilitated patients, patients in a high catabolic stage (peritonitis, sepsis, burns), or stressed patients (surgical patient).

The recognition that dietary constituents play a significant role in not only maintaining good health, but also preventing chronic disease, is a relatively new phenomenon in veterinary medicine in comparison to the long history of pet nutrition and studies of nutritional deprivation.

Cats are obligate carnivores. This statement is news to no one, and yet we often don't recognize the importance of that statement or feed them accordingly.

Lower urinary tract diseases of cats are a common, and sometimes frustrating, group of clinical problems that practitioners must deal with.

Use this form to help clients stay on track with their dog's weight-loss program.

Pet abandonment sample letter