Clinical nutrition in disease management

Question 1

emerging problem

Answer 1

older animals
improved diagnostics
wellness screening
animals have multiple medical conditions

Question 2

effect of diet on specific diseases

Answer 2

decrease risk of disease
decr severity of clinical signs
reverse the condition
can also make it worse

Question 3

company claims

Answer 3

claim to be beneficial to many diseases
often no clinical trials
Recommendations may be based on certain features of the diet

Question 4

nutritional assessment

Answer 4

conditions that may benifit from nutritional manipulation
client + animal dynamics (multiple pet household)
may be no diet that addresses all issues - prioritise

Question 5

home-made diets

Answer 5

difficult to balance long term
making home-made to try match commercial diet
dangers of reading false info on the internet
time consuming for client

Question 6

systematic approach

Answer 6

List the diagnoses for patient
Of diseases listed, which are amenable to dietary interventions?
Prioritise conditions requiring more pressing attention
List “nutrients of interest” for each disease
List other nutritional consideration for patient
any conflicts among nutrients of interest for different conditions?
Prioritise factors in decreasing order of importance
Determine a commercial diet that satisfy the most identified factors