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Nutrition Definition

The study of food, its nutrients, and other components, including an examination of the actions of specific nutrients, their interactions with each other, and their balance within a diet

James Spratt

Created the first dog treat in1800s

Early 1900s

Large companies started producing dog food

1956

First extruded pet foods were available

1960s

Diversification of pet food

1980s

Introduction of ailment specific diets

First Ailment Specific Food from Hill's

K/D

1980s to Present

Breed Specific diets, natural diets, raw diets, and home made diets

Extrusion

Pellets made under heat and pressure

Roles of the Technician in Nutritional Counseling

Extension of the practice, help provide nutritional information to the client




Educate the Client




Transitional Feeding




Nutritional assessment and specialized feeding recommendations for sick patients as well as healthy animals

Tech Educating The Owner

What to feed


How much to feed


Why we are recommending it

Tech Transitional Feeding

Help the client understand importance and instructions when food is being changed

Types of Nutrition

Enteral Nutrition


Total Parenteral Nutrition


Partial Parenteral Nutrition

Enteral Nutrition

A way to provide food through the digestive intact

Methods to Provide Enteral Nutrition

Oral assisted feeding


Enteral assisted feeding


-NG tube


-PEG tube


-J Tube

Total Parenteral Nutrition

The practice of feeding an animal IV bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion




IV contains salts, glucose, amino acids, lipids, and vitamins

Partial Parenteral Nutrition

A solution containing some essential nutrients




Given IV to supplement other means of nutrition, usually a partially normal diet of food

Nutrients

Any food constituent that helps support life, thus is essential to life

Nutrients Help Support Life By

-Acting as structural components of the body


-Enhancing or being directly involved in chemical reactions of metabolism


-Transporting substances into, throughout, or out of the body


-Maintaining Temperature


-Supplying energy to the body and its many functions

Essential Nutrients

The components that cannot be synthesized by the body at a rate that is adequate to meet the body's needs




Must be supplied in the diet

Nonessential Nutrients

Can be synthesized by the body and obtained either through de novo synthesis or from the diet

The Primary Goal of Feeding Companion Animals Include:

Maintaining optimal health


Promotion of normal growth rate


Supporting gestation and lactation