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Rawhides, pig ears, etc.

Table food (be specific):

Breakfast

Lunch
Dinner

Between meals

Food covering medication
Additives to pet food for flavoring (e.g., gravy, broth)

Vitamins or supplements

Total calories per day:

III. Owner and Environmental Information
Who feeds the animal?
On average, how many hours a day is the pet home
alone?
How many adults and children in the household?
How many pets in the household?
What types of pets?
Where is the pet fed?
Does the animal have access to other pets’
food?
Is there competition for food?
Is more than one animal fed out of each feeding dish?
Is the animal prone to getting into the trash?
Is the animal contained in a yard or does it have access to the neighborhood?

How frequency is the animal boarded or in the care someone else?

IV. Current Protein Intake Minimum Requirements
Dogs: 2 g per kilogram (lean body mass)
Cats: 4 g per kilogram (lean body mass)
Protein evaluation
1. Calculate protein needs of animal by multiplying minimum protein requirement by the animal’s lean boby mass.
2. Using information in dietary history, calculate how much protein the animal is currently taking in per day (most food product keys give
protein content in grams per 100 kacl).
3. Evaluate protein status and consider a diet with more protein if needed.
Pet’s minimum protein requirement: g/day
Current protein intake: g/day
Action taken:

Comments:

Figure 26-1 Diet history form. (From Buffington T, Holloway C, Abood S. Manual of veterinary dietetics.
St Louis: Elsevier, 2004.)

nutrition in human medicine is defined as initiation of ASPEN guidelines recommend (Grade C) that enteral
nutritional therapy within 48 hours of either hospital feedings should be initiated early within the first 24 to
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admission or surgery and is the standard of care. 48 hours following admission and advanced toward goal