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Small animal clinical nutrition /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hand, Michael S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Topeka, KS : Mark Morris Institute, [2000]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Dog Diseases.
Cat Diseases.
Diet.
Cats.
Dogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. Principles of small animal clinical nutrition
  • Small animal clinical nutrition: an iterative process
  • Nutrients
  • Sect. 2. Pet foods
  • Introduction to commercial pet foods
  • Making commercial pet foods
  • Pet food labels
  • Making pet foods at home
  • Food safety
  • Sect. 3. Nutritional management of normal pets
  • Health maintenance programs for dogs and cats
  • Normal dogs
  • The canine athlete
  • Normal cats
  • Sect. 4. Nutritional management of clinical patients
  • Assisted feeding in hospitalized patients: enteral and parenteral nutrition
  • Obesity
  • Adverse reactions to food
  • Skin and hair disorders
  • Dental disease
  • Developmental orthopedic disease of dogs
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Renal disease
  • Canine urolithiasis
  • Feline lower urinary tract disease
  • Gastrointestinal and exocrine pancreatic disease
  • Hepatobiliary disease
  • Endocrine and lipid disorders
  • Cancer
  • Use of fatty acids in inflammatory disease
  • Dietary effects on drug metabolism
  • Sect. 5. Feeding small mammals, reptiles and birds
  • Feeding small exotic mammals
  • Feeding reptiles
  • Feeding passerine and psittacine birds