Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition

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.

Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition provides currentclinically relevant nutritional advice intended for use in dailycanine and feline practice. Highly practical, the bookemphasizes solutions for integrating nutrition into clinicalpractice, with introductory chapters covering the foundation andscience behind the recommendations and extensive references forfurther reading. Written by a group of leading veterinarynutritionists, Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition is avaluable resource on the principles of animal nutrition and feedingpractices in healthy or diseased dogs and cats.The book begins with an overview of basic nutrition, energyrequirements, and the basics of product guides, pet foodshome-prepared diets and dietary supplements. Subsequentchapters delve into feeding the healthy dog and cat, nutrition forweight management, and nutritional principles for a variety ofdiseases, with the final chapters covering enteral and parenteralnutrition. Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition is adaily reference for veterinary practitioners, students, andresidents seeking authoritative information on feeding animals.

Contributors viiPreface and Acknowledgments ix1 Integration of Nutrition into Clinical Practice 3Sean J. Delaney, Andrea J. Fascetti, and Paul Brentson2 Basic Nutrition Overview 9Sean J. Delaney and Andrea J. Fascetti3 Determining Energy Requirements 23Jon J. Ramsey4 Nutritional and Energy Requirements for Performance 47Richard C. Hill5 Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements 57David A. Dzanis6 Using Pet Food Labels and Product Guides 69Sean J. Delaney and Andrea J. Fascetti7 Feeding the Healthy Dog and Cat 75Andrea J. Fascetti and Sean J. Delaney8 Commercial and Home-Prepared Diets 95Andrea J. Fascetti and Sean J. Delaney9 Nutritional Management of Body Weight 109Kathryn E. Michel10 Nutritional Management of Orthopedic Diseases 125Herman Hazewinkel11 Nutritional Management of Skin Diseases 157Catherine A. Outerbridge12 Nutritional Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases 175Nick Cave13 Nutritional Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Diseases 221Cecilia Villaverde14 Nutritional Management of Hepatobiliary Diseases 235Stanley L. Marks15 Nutritional Management of Kidney Disease 251Denise A. Elliott16 Nutritional Management of Lower Urinary Tract Disease 269Joe Bartges and Claudia Kirk17 Nutritional Management of Endocrine Diseases 289Andrea J. Fascetti and Sean J. Delaney18 Nutritional Management of Cardiovascular Diseases 301Lisa M. Freeman and John E. Rush19 Nutritional Management of Oncological Diseases 315Glenna E. Mauldin20 Enteral Nutrition and Tube Feeding 329Jennifer A. Larsen21 Parenteral Nutrition 353Sally C. PereaIndex 375