Companion Animal Nutrition

Subtitle:
A Manual for Veterinary Nurses and Technicians
Author:
Nicola Ackerman
Format:
Softcover

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Companion Animal Nutrition Out of stock

Short description

Applies theory-based knowledge to everyday veterinary practice through the use of case studies and clinical examples. Covering species kept as pets, including dogs, cats, exotic species, horses and birds, this book provides a grounding in various aspects of nutrition and feeding. It is written specifically for veterinary nurses and technicians.

Long description

Companion Animal Nutrition applies theory-based knowledge to everyday veterinary practice through the use of case studies and clinical examples. Covering species currently kept as pets, including dogs, cats, exotic species, horses and birds, this book provides a thorough grounding in all aspects of nutrition and feeding. This comprehensive yet clinical manual on companion animal nutrition is written specifically for veterinary nurses and technicians and will quickly become key to their practice.

Product details

Publisher:
BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN
ISBN:
9780750688987
Publication date:
March 2008
Length:
244mm
Width:
188mm
Thickness:
13mm
Weight:
544g
Edition:
New title
Pages:
223
Illustrations:
Illustrated

Table of contents

  • List of Abbreviations Section 1: Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology of the Digestive System Section 2: Nutrients and Digestion Chapter 2: Nutrients Chapter 3: Food and Feeding Chapter 4: Nutritional Assessment Section 3: Lifestage diets Chapter 5: Lifestage diets Section 4: Clinical Nutrition Chapter 6:Cancer Chapter 7:Cardiac Chapter 8:Critical Care Chapter 9:Dental disease Chapter 10:Dermatological disease Chapter 11:Endocrine * Diabetes * Equine metabolic syndrome Chapter 12:Gastrointestinal Disorders * Dog, Cat and Rabbit * Equine Chapter 13:Hepatic disorders Chapter 14:Immune function and Cognitive Dysfunction * Immune function * Cognitive Dysfunction Chapter 15:Musculoskeletal * Nutritional-related skeletal disorders * Developmental orthopaedic disorders * Secondary nutritional hyperparathyroidism * Arthritis * Exertional rhabdomyolysis * Laminitis Chapter 16:Obesity Chapter 17:Perioperative Feeding Chapter 18: Urinary system * Renal failure * Lower urinary tract system * Canine urolithiasis * FLUTD * Rabbit urolithiasiS Section 5: Avian and Reptile Nutrition Chapter 19: Avian Nutrition Chapter 20: Reptile Nutrition Appendices Appendix 1: Frequently asked questions Appendix 2: Food conversions Appendix 3: Diet history sheet Appendix 4: Methods of increasing water consumption in animals Appendix 5: Unit conversions tables Appendix 6: Multiple choice questions Appendix 7: Glossary

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