Nutrition Of Cats And Dogs

Question 1

What is basal metabolic rate?

Answer 1

Minimum energy needed to keep an organism functioning at rest

Question 2

What is gross energy?

Answer 2

Total energy in food (not all is available for use in animals)

Question 3

What is digestible energy?

Answer 3

Gross energy -energy lost in faeces

Question 4

What is metabolise energy?

Answer 4

Gross energy - (energy lost in faeces and urine)

Question 5

If an animal is underweight, how much does it need feeding?

Answer 5

More than recommend than if it was a healthy weight

Question 6

How many numbers are in the body condition score? What is ideal?

Answer 6

9

4-5

Question 7

When should feeding be increased during a bitches gestation? How much should it be increased?

Answer 7

Third trimester

1.5X maintenance energy requirement

Question 8

For lactating bitches, what is the food energy requirement?

Answer 8

3 - 4 times the maintenance energy requirement, or ad libitum

Question 9

What age are puppies weaned? When should they be fully weaned?

Answer 9

3-4 weeks

6-8 weeks

Question 10

At what age does a puppy reach half it’s mature weight?

Answer 10

6 months

Question 11

What age do dogs reach maturity? (Dependent on breed)

Answer 11

12-24 months

Question 12

At 6 months of age, what percentage are cats of their mature weight?

Answer 12

75%

Question 13

For orphan puppies/kittens, how often should they be fed at 0-2 weeks? How often at 4-5 weeks?

Answer 13

10 times a day (every 2 hours)

5 times a day (every 4 hours)

Question 14

How much food do working dogs require?

Answer 14

Twice their maintenance energy requirements

Question 15

Which vitamins do dogs require?

Answer 15

A D E K B

Question 16

Why do dogs not require vitamin C?

Answer 16

They can synthesise it unlike Guinea Pigs

Question 17

Why do cats require taurine and dogs do not?

Answer 17

Cats cannot synthesise taurine from other amino acids unlike dogs

Question 18

Why can’t cats eat dog food only?

Answer 18

They require taurine which is not in dog food, as dogs can synthesise it from other amino acids

Question 19

Why do cats need vitamin A from meat?

Answer 19

They cannot convent B carotene from veg

Question 20

Cats need which vitamin more than dogs?

Answer 20

B

Question 21

What age are the following...
Kittens/puppy?
Young adult?
Mature adult?
Senior?

Answer 21

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1+
7+
11+

Question 22

How many meals do cats need a day?

Answer 22

Many - 10/20

Eat lone, solitary predators

Question 23

How many meals do dogs need a day?

Answer 23

2-3

Question 24

What type of reproduces are cats?

Answer 24

Seasonal polyoestrus

Induced ovulates

Question 25

How long is a cat pregnancy?

Answer 25

64 days

Question 26

At what age do kittens ear canal open?

Answer 26

14 days

Question 27

At what age are cats able to hold their head up?

Answer 27

3 day

Question 28

What is the heart rate of a kitten/

Answer 28

220-260 bpm

Question 29

What is the RR of kittens?

Answer 29

15-35

Question 30

At what age can kittens spontaneously urinate/defacate?

Answer 30

3 weeks

Question 31

What type of breeders are dogs?

Answer 31

diestrus a period of sexual inactivity between recurrent periods of oestrus

Question 32

What is the average pregnancy length for a dog?

Answer 32

63 days

Question 33

The resp rate of a puppy is 15-35, like the kitten. How fast is the heart rate of a puppy?

Answer 33

200 BPM

Question 34

At what age do puppies’ eyes and ear canals open?

Answer 34

2 weeks