Intro

Question 1

_____% of dog owners feed at least 75% of diet as commercial pet food

Answer 1

87%

Question 2

____% of cat owners feed at least 75% of diet as commercial pet food

Answer 2

95%

Question 3

Where is the most pet food sold?

Answer 3

Grocery stores, then petco/petsmart then petstores

Question 4

Top manufactuerer

Answer 4

Mars/Royal Canin

Question 5

Whats the role of the Vet in nutrition

Answer 5

1. Nutrition counseling-healthy pet, disease prevention, tx nutrition
2. The link bw pet food manufacturer and pet owner
3. Pet food sales
   95% of pet owners say the vet is the source of pet care info

Question 6

What are the dietary goals for the vet?

Answer 6

1. quality of life
2. longevity
3. performace
4. disease prevention/wellness programs

Question 7

What is an Essential Nutrient

Answer 7

indispensable and thebdy cannot synthesize

ex. taurine in cats

Question 8

What is Conditinally Essential Nutrient?

Answer 8

required during certain physiologic or pathogenic conditions

ex. carbs during gestation, lactation or growth

Question 9

What is a NonEssential Nutrient

Answer 9

dispensabe- the body can produce (the precursers can synthesize)

Question 10

What can happen with too many nutrients?

Answer 10

Toxicity–brain edima

Question 11

Food is dried to a constant weight which leads to

Answer 11

Dry Matter: the remainder

Moisture: what is lost as moisture

Question 12

Foods nitrogen content is determined and ___ is crude protein

Answer 12

.16

Question 13

What food is extracted with a fat solvent, usually ether, what occurs/?

Answer 13

What remains is digested in acid and then alkai
What is lost is Crude Fat
Then: What remains is burned,what is lost is soluble carbs and proteins
Last: what is left is Ash and what is lost is Crude Fiber

Question 14

How to calculate the Digetable Carbs or NFE

Answer 14

(Moisture + Fat + Protein+ Ash or minerals)-from 100

Question 15

what is not included in NFE or digestable carbs

Answer 15

Crude Fiber

Question 16

Most overweight diets are

Answer 16

nutrient deficient

Question 17

Feeding a se amount of food to meet an animals energy req will

Answer 17

meet the animals non-energy nutrient req

Question 18

1kcal=

Answer 18

4.184 kJ

Question 19

Gross energy is broken down into

Answer 19

Digestable Energy and Energy lost in feces

Question 20

Digestable Energy breaks down into

Answer 20

Metabolizable Energy and Energy lost in urineand gases fromtheGi

Question 21

Which has the highest energy density: fat, cho, protein, or fiber

Answer 21

Fat (CHO and protein are about the same nd fiber has none.)

Question 22

What happens to the energy density “atwater”

Answer 22

lower guestamate of metabolizable energy

Question 23

Resting Energy Requirement (RER) is the

Answer 23

base line metabolism.

70(ideal body wt in kg)^.75 or 30(ideal body wt in kg)+70

Question 24

Daily Energy Req (DER) in kcal

Answer 24

RER x maintenance factor

maintenance factor vairies according to age, repro status, environment, species,activity level

Question 25

How to determine the food dose

Answer 25

Energy Requirement(DER)/energy density of the food
ED ofthe food is provided by the manufactorer
this will tell you how many cups per day for your indiv pet

Question 26

Does an 8oz cup equal 8oz of weight?

Answer 26

No. it is about 3.5 oz of weight

Question 27

Most dogs need ___% of metabolizable energy to maintain weight

Answer 27

100

Question 28

Water is the most impo of all nutrients and used for…

Answer 28

1. Solvent-transportation of dissolved substances
2. Needed for hydrolysis Rxn- breaking down carbs, proteins, and lipids
3. Regulation of body temp- it has a high spec heat
4. gives shape and resiliance to the body

Question 29

Water is ___ % of the body

Answer 29

40-80%

lean body mass has more water.

Question 30

Adipose tissue is made up of ___ % water and __% lipid

Answer 30

10-15 water and 75-80 lipid

Question 31

Water req can be affected by

Answer 31

body surface area, environment, type and amt of food, health, stress, exercise, lactation,

Question 32

What is the daily water req

Answer 32

RERx 1.6 for dogs

RERx 1.2 for cats