Ann Wortinger, Kara M. Burns

Nutrition and Disease Management for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Nutrition and Disease Management for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, Second Edition offers a thorough update and significant expansion of this easy-to-use introduction to veterinary nutrition and diet, with broader species coverage, a new section on nutritional management of disease, and many new chapters. * Provides a complete reference to veterinary nutrition, from the fundamentals to feeding companion animals of any age and health status * Adds information on nutrition in birds, small mammals, and horses to the existing dog and cat coverage * * Presents a new section on managing disease through nutrition, with 10 new disease chapters * Offers additional new chapters on nutritional calculations, types of pet foods, raw food diets, additives and preservatives, nutrition myths, nutritional support, and assisted feeding * Includes access to a companion website with case studies, review questions and answers, and the figures from the book in PowerPoint

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118811085
• Artikelnr.: 43131870

Autorenporträt

Ann Wortinger, BIS, LVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM, Nutrition) is Hospital Administrator for Affiliated Veterinary Emergency Service PC in Allen Park, Michigan, USA. Kara M. Burns, MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition), is President of the Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians. Ms. Burns teaches nutrition courses through VSPN and VetMedTeam and is an independent nutritional consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii Acknowledgements ix About the Companion Website xi Section 1:
Basics of Nutrition 1 Nutrients and Energy 3 2 Water 9 3 Carbohydrates 12 4
Fats 16 5 Protein and Amino Acids 20 6 Vitamins 24 7 Minerals 33 8
Digestion and Absorption 38 9 Energy Balance 42 10 Nutrition Calculations
48 Section 2: Nutritional Requirements of Dogs and Cats 11 History and
Regulation of Pet Foods 55 12 Pet Food Labels 59 13 Nutrient Content of Pet
Foods 65 14 Types of Pet Foods 71 15 Raw Food Diets: Fact versus Fiction 76
16 Additives and Pet Food Preservatives 80 17 Homemade Diets 85 Section 3:
Feeding Management of Dogs and Cats 18 Feeding Regimens for Dogs and Cats
93 19 Body Condition Scoring 99 20 Pregnancy and Lactation in Dogs 103 21
Pregnancy and Lactation in Cats 107 22 Neonatal Puppies and Kittens 110 23
Growth in Dogs 113 24 Growth in Cats 118 25 Adult Maintenance in Dogs 121
26 Adult Maintenance in Cats 124 27 Feeding the Healthy Geriatric Dog and
Cat 128 28 Performance and Dogs 133 29 Nutritional Requirements of Cats 139
30 Nutrition Myths 144 31 Nutritional Support 149 32 Assisted Feeding in
Dogs and Cats 157 Section 4: Nutritional Management of Disease 33
Nutritional Management of Gastrointestinal Disorders 169 34 Hepatic Disease
175 35 Weight Management 179 36 Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease 186 37
Dermatology 192 38 Endocrinology 197 39 Cancer 202 40 Refeeding Syndrome
208 41 Cardiac Disease 212 42 Musculoskeletal 217 Section 5: Feeding
Management of Other Species 43 Avian 227 44 Small Pet Mammals 234 45 Equine
240 Index 247