Check out new and updated resources from the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee (GNC)
The GNC has added new tools and updated others in the WSAVA’s Global Nutrition Toolkit in order to help members to give the best possible advice to pet owners on the key role of nutrition in their supporting their companion animal’s health.
The new tools include ‘how to’ videos for:
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The placing of a naso-gastric feeding tube
https://www.atdove.org/video/canine-ng-tube-placement
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The placing of an esophageal feeding tube
https://www.atdove.org/video/esophagostomy-tube-placement
The GNC has also updated its recommendations as to the recommended daily calorie intake in cats and dogs to better reflect the variation in individual calorific requirements.
Read them here:
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Calorie Needs for Healthy Adult Cats updated July 2020
https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Calorie-Needs-for-Healthy-Adult-Cats-updated-July-2020.pdf
A number of other updates are in development and will be added shortly.
GNC Co-chair Dr Marge Chandler says:
“The placing of feeding tubes is often required for the nutritional support of seriously ill patients. The new videos in our Toolkit take a step by step approach and we hope they will help our members to master these beneficial procedures. A number of the other tools are in the final stages of revision and should be available shortly:
The work of the GNC is kindly supported by Purina Institute, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Royal Canin.
