Chapter 1: Basic Nutrition 1

1.
Why is eating necessary? 2
1) Eating is living 2
2) What is necessary, what is unnecessary 2
Summary 4
2.
Nutrients and Energy 5
1) What are nutrients? 5
2) Energy metabolism 6
3) Energy Balance 8
4) Body fidelity index 9
Summary 14
3.
Energy requirements of dogs and cats 16
1) 16 calories of energy needed per day
2) RER (resting energy requirement) calculation method 16
3) Counting standard 19
4) Simple calculation method for cat DER (daily energy requirement) 20
5) Salary calculation method 20
Summary 22
4.
6 Major Nutrients 23
1) Water 23
2) Carbohydrates 25
3) Protein 30
4) Lipids (Fats) 34
5) Vitamin 41
6) Mineral 44
Summary 47
5.
Digestion and Absorption 51
1) Mouth 51
2) Esophagus 51
3) Above 53
4) Small intestine 54
5) Captain 55
6) Calcium absorption 57
Summary 59
6.
Diet and preference 61
Summary 65
Practice Problem 66
Answer and Explanation 71

Chapter 2 Pet Food 76

1.
78 Basics of Pet Food
1) The Beginning of Pet Food 78
2) Method of manufacturing pet food 79
3) Types of pet food 80
4) Eat well = good food!? 82
Summary 83
2.
Choosing Pet Food 85
1) About the package and label 85
2) Main display panel 85
3) Information display panel 85
4) How to Choose Pet Food 87
5) Definition of protein sources used in pet food 90
6) Is soybean paste good or bad for dogs and cats? 92
7) Calculating dry matter (DM) 92
8) Dry Matter (DM) Comparison 93
9) Metabolic energy (ME, kcal/100 g) 94
10) Difference in feeding amount (g) according to metabolic energy (kcal/100 g) 94
11) Cost performance 96
12) Other label information 97
13) How to feed your pet 98
14) Useful Knowledge 101
Summary 103
3.
Nutrition Management by Life Stage 105
1) Life Cycle and Energy Amount 105
2) Breeding season, lactation season 105
3) Breastfeeding, weaning, and growth periods 109
4) Maintenance period 114
5) Old age 117
6) Other types of pet food 119
Summary 123
Practice Problem 125
Answer and Explanation 129
Chapter 3 Clinical Nutrition 132

1.
Disease and Diet Management 134
1) The Importance of Dietary Management 134
2) About the prescription 135
Summary 136
2.
Obesity and Dietary Management 137
1) Main symptoms 137
2) Main cause 137
3) Risk of obesity 138
4) The Importance of Dietary Management 138
5) Selection of prescription 140
Summary 143
3.
Digestive Diseases 144
1) Functions of the digestive system 144
2) Periodontal disease (oral disease) 144
3) Megaesophagus (esophageal disease) 146
4) Gastritis (stomach disease) 149
5) Gastric Dilation-Volvuls Syndrome (GDV; gastrointestinal disease) 150
6) Enteritis (small intestinal disease) 152
7) Protein-loosing enteropathy (PLE) 154
8) Colitis (colon disease) 156
9) Megacolon (colon disease) 157
10) Pancreatitis (pancreatic disease) 160
11) Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI; pancreatic disease) 163
12) Liver disease 165
13) Portal vein shunt (PSS; liver disease) 167
14) Fatty liver (cats) or hepatic lipidosis (liver disease) 169
15) Copper storage disease or copper storage liver disease (liver disease; dogs) 171
Summary 173
4.
Kidney disease 174
1) Kidney function 174
2) Chronic kidney disease 174
Summary 178
5.
Urinary tract diseases 179
1) Function of the urinary tract 179
2) Urinary stones 179
3) Struvite urolithiasis (magnesium ammonium phosphate) 180
4) Infectious struvite 182
5) Calcium oxalate urolithiasis 182
6) Other urolithiasis 185
7) Idiopathic cystitis in cats 185
Summary 186
6.
Endocrine Diseases 187
1) Endocrine Function 187
2) Diabetes 187
3) Hyperlipidemia 189
4) Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism 191
5) Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's syndrome) 192
Summary 193
7.
Skin Disease 194
1) Skin Function 194
2) Adverse food reactions 194
3) Food allergy (immune-mediated adverse food reaction) 194
4) Food intolerance (non-immune-mediated adverse food reactions) 197
5) Nutritional responsive dermatitis 197
Summary 199
8.
Heart disease 200
1) Heart function 200
2) Refractive error 200
3) Cardiomyopathy 202
Summary 204
9.
Tumor 205
1) Cancer (malignant tumor) 205
2) Recovery Diet Management 207
Summary 208
10.
Joint Diseases 209
Osteogenesis imperfecta, arthritis 209
Summary 212
Practice Problem 213
Answer and Explanation 219

Search 224