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Term | Definition |
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3 step process for nutritional assessment of animals | Assess animal, Assess the diet, assess feeding practice |
Adequate Diet | 1. Complete-all required nutrients 2. Balanced- proper proportion 3. Digestible- nutrients are available to the animal 4. Acceptable- palatable |
Nutrients | 1. water 2. carbohydrates 3. lipids (fat) 4. proteins 5. vitamins 6. minerals |
Goals in weight | maintain optimal body conditioning score, Slow / prevent chronic disease, minimize/ improve clinical signs of present disease |
In Big Dogs | excessive calcium can cause skeletal disorders in large and giant breeds |
Hyperplastic | growth/ puberty onset increase in size and number of fat cells |
Vet assistants cannot | 1. Diagnose disease 2. Prescribe medication 3. Perform surgery |
Why Restrain? | 1. to control animal so it can receive medical attention 2. prevent animal from harming itself when being treated 3. to protect personnel |
Cephalic (dog) | front leg , medial |
Jugular (dog) | neck, straight line |
Saphenous (dog) | hind leg, lateral |
Cephalic (feline) | front leg, medial |
Jugular (feline) | neck, straight line |
Saphenous (feline) | hind leg, medial |