Description
The 1st of 2 foundational modules setting the scene for the course, and specifically modules 4-7.
This module provides an overview of evidence-based pet nutrition – principles, requirements, and key nutrition terminology. It explains how needs are translated into different pet foods and differ between sick and healthy pets, and touches on PARNUTs.
Learning Objectives
- Basic Nutrition Principles – Nutrients / Energy / Water / Extraction of Nutrients from food / Feeding Strategies / Comparative Digestive Anatomy / Microbiome / Fibres / Investing in healthy longevity
- Nutritional Requirements – dog, cat, rabbit, rodent, bird – what we know and where to find them
- Nutritional Adequacy – deficiency, excess, minimum vs optimum, compensation for process and storage losses
- Introduction to nutrition terminology – Lifestage, Lifestyle, Breed Size, Breed-specific, Health Concern, Clinical
- Quick introduction to PARNUTs requirements / Other Nutritional features of Veterinary Diets
- How nutritional needs can be affected in sick pets
