maternal nutrition - lactating bitch/queen Flashcards
1
Q
water requirements
A
≥ 120 ml/kg of BW per day (2-3x higher than maintenance, which is 60)
2
Q
When to begin feeding a gestation-to-lactation diet (puppy diet) to the bitch versus queen?
A
Bitch: @ 4 weeks gestation
Queen: @ breeding (
3
Q
RER
A
70 x BW(kg)^0.75
4
Q
What diets should be avoided in bitch/queen?
A
Low-CHO diets! (non-fiber CHOs like starches)
- dam hypoglycemia
- incr. stillbirth & perinatal mortality (fetal energy)
- decr. maternal behaviors
- decr. milk quality & duration of lactation (lacking the substrate for lactose)
