Description
This webinar will cover the importance of evaluating nutritional status prior to anaesthesia and surgical interventions, how to feed animals before and following surgery, the energy and essential nutrient requirements during the perioperative period, nutrients important for wound healing, nutritional status and effects on therapeutic drug choices/ doses, appetite stimulants, and tube feeding
Learning Objectives
- To understand how to take a pre-operative nutritional history
- How nutritional status affects perioperative drug choices and doses
- How to evaluate foods for suitability in the pre- and post-operative periods
- How to use tube feeding in practice
- How to use appetite stimulants in practice
