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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 |
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James Spratt |
Created the first dog treat in1800s |
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Early 1900s |
Large companies started producing dog food |
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1956 |
First extruded pet foods were available |
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1960s |
Diversification of pet food |
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1980s |
Introduction of ailment specific diets |
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First Ailment Specific Food from Hill's |
K/D |
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1980s to Present |
Breed Specific diets, natural diets, raw diets, and home made diets |
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Extrusion |
Pellets made under heat and pressure |
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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 |
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Tech Educating The Owner |
What to feed How much to feed Why we are recommending it |
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Tech Transitional Feeding |
Help the client understand importance and instructions when food is being changed |
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Types of Nutrition |
Enteral Nutrition Total Parenteral Nutrition Partial Parenteral Nutrition |
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Enteral Nutrition |
A way to provide food through the digestive intact |
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Methods to Provide Enteral Nutrition |
Oral assisted feeding Enteral assisted feeding -NG tube -PEG tube -J Tube |
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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 |
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Partial Parenteral Nutrition |
A solution containing some essential nutrients Given IV to supplement other means of nutrition, usually a partially normal diet of food |
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Nutrients |
Any food constituent that helps support life, thus is essential to life |
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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 |
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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 |
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Nonessential Nutrients |
Can be synthesized by the body and obtained either through de novo synthesis or from the diet |
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The Primary Goal of Feeding Companion Animals Include: |
Maintaining optimal health Promotion of normal growth rate Supporting gestation and lactation |