Companion Animal Nutrition Lecture - Lecture 1 PDF

Nutrition -- Lecture 1 **RVT's Role in Nutrition** - Selecting appropriate diets for patient care - Ensuring patients' nutritional needs are being met - Educating and advocating for prescription diets but also finding suitable alternatives when required **Nutrition in Vet Medicine**...

Nutrition -- Lecture 1 **RVT's Role in Nutrition** - Selecting appropriate diets for patient care - Ensuring patients' nutritional needs are being met - Educating and advocating for prescription diets but also finding suitable alternatives when required **Nutrition in Vet Medicine** Nutrition is important in: - Immune function - Disease prevention +/- disease control measures (you cannot cure disease with nutrition) - Growth and developments: Muscles, skeletal, skin & coat Common Types of Diets - Prescription/therapeutic diets - Commercially available diets; grain free, Non GMO, Organic ect - Raw diets -- precautions need to be taken, (kids? Immunosuppressed?) - Homemade diets -- lots of commitment - Prescription -- consistent, long term diet - Therapeutic -- not a long term solution, goal is disease management **Veterinary Nutrition Brands** - Royal Canin - Hill's Pet Nutrition - Purina - Royal Nutrition Benefits of Veterinary Nutrition - DVM's and Nutrition Specialists on staff consulting on diet manufacturing and research - Work directly with the veterinary professionals and offer case consults, education etc - Amount and quality of research that goes into their diets - Disease prevention and management diets - Extension of the veterinary care team **Retail or "Commercial" Brands** - Pedigree - O'l Roy - Iams - Cesar - Blue Buffalo