Practical Atlas of Nutrition and Feeding in Cats and Dogs: Volume II - eBook

This volume completes the Practical Atlas series by addressing applied pet nutrition and feeding management. Structured around graphic double-page spreads, the text delivers clear explanations alongside diagrams, clinical illustrations, and charts. It covers practical feeding protocols, methods for stimulating appetite, nutrition for breeding males and females, dietary requirements of healthy senior animals, cognitive dysfunction syndrome, and targeted feeding strategies for working and sporting dogs.

1. Practical management of feeding: How should we feed our pets?, Learning to eat, Strategies to stimulate ingestion (I), Strategies to stimulate ingestion (II) 2. Feeding for reproduction: Nutritional management of breeding animals 3. Requirements in healthy geriatric animals (II): Cognitive dysfunction syndrome, Nutrients to fight CDS (I), Nutrients to fight CDS (II) 4. Feeding sporting and working dogs: Sporting dogs, Effects of exercise on digestion and the metabolism, Changes associated with training, Obtaining ATP for exercise, How much energy does a dog spend when running?, Factors increasing ER when running, Temperature and energy requirements in exercise, Nutrients for exercise: water and proteins, Nutrients for exercise: fats and FAs, Nutrients for exercise: carbohydrates and fiber, Vitamins and minerals for exercise, Management of feeding in sporting dogs