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How to Address a Client’s Nutrition Misperceptions

Nutrition Conversation Tips, Nutritional Assessment

How to Address a Client’s Nutrition Misperceptions

Watch Dr. Julie Churchill and Dr. Sarah Abood discuss how they guide clients from inaccurate to credible information about pet nutrition.

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1 min to 5 min

How to Make a Dietary Recommendation for a Healthy Cat

Nutrition Conversation Tips, Nutritional Assessment

How to Make a Dietary Recommendation for a Healthy Cat

Watch Dr. Sarah Abood and Dr. Julie Churchill role-play a discussion between a veterinarian and pet owner about what and how to feed a senior cat.

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1 min to 5 min

How to Address a Client’s Misperceptions About Food Allergies

Dermatological Disorders, Nutrition Conversation Tips

How to Address a Client’s Misperceptions About Food Allergies

Watch Dr. Julie Churchill and Dr. Sarah Abood role-play a conversation in which a veterinarian addresses a client’s concern that her dog has a food allergy.

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1 min to 5 min

How to Discuss Vegan Diets With a Cat Owner

Feeding Philosophies, Nutrition Conversation Tips

How to Discuss Vegan Diets With a Cat Owner

Watch Dr. Sarah Abood and Dr. Julie Churchill role-play the delicate conversation between a veterinarian and a client who wishes to feed her cat a vegan diet.

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1 min to 5 min

The Importance of Ideal Body Condition

Body Condition Assessment, Nutrition Conversation Tips

The Importance of Ideal Body Condition

Watch Dr. Julie Churchill and Dr. Sarah Abood as they role-play a discussion between a veterinarian and client on maintaining a dog in ideal body condition throughout life.

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1 min to 5 min

Addressing Pet Obesity When an Owner is Resistant to Change

Excess Body Weight, Nutrition Conversation Tips

Addressing Pet Obesity When an Owner is Resistant to Change

Watch Dr. Sarah Abood and Dr. Julie Churchill role-play a veterinarian’s conversation with a client who is reluctant to feed her overweight cat, Frank, a different diet or to eliminate his treats.

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1 min to 5 min

Discussing Non-Traditional Pet Food Diets: Owner is Open to Suggestions

Feeding Philosophies, Nutrition Conversation Tips

Discussing Non-Traditional Pet Food Diets: Owner is Open to Suggestions

Watch Dr. Julie Churchill and Dr. Sarah Abood role-play a conversation between a veterinarian and a client who is concerned whether the homemade diet she is feeding her cat is nutritionally adequate.

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1 min to 5 min

Volume 3: Putting Microbiome Science into Practice

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Volume 3: Putting Microbiome Science into Practice

Understand how changes in the microbiome can influence management of chronic enteropathy and what tools can positively impact case management, such as diet trials and fecal microbiota transfer.

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16 min to 20 min

The nutritional benefit of including organs in dog and cat food

Ingredients in Pet Food

The nutritional benefit of including organs in dog and cat food

Pet owners often ask veterinary health care providers why organs are included in pet food. There are nutritional advantages to including organs, and utilizing organs in dog and cat food is also beneficial for the environment.

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6 min to 10 min

Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) in pet food

Ingredients in Pet Food

Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) in pet food

Although medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) do not supply essential fatty acids and thus should not be the only dietary fat source in pet food, 1 studies show supplementing MCTs in the diet can provide health benefits to some dogs.

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6 min to 10 min

Feeding the finicky feline

Feeding Management

Feeding the finicky feline

Encouraging picky cats to eat can be frustrating for veterinary health care providers and pet owners alike. Managing medical conditions and stress and implementing strategies to improve food intake can help finicky felines meet their energy and nutrient needs. These strategies apply to hospitalized cats and cats in a home environment.

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6 min to 10 min

Volume 4: Diet Can Make a Difference: Nutrition and Chronic Kidney Disease

Renal & Urinary Disorders

Volume 4: Diet Can Make a Difference: Nutrition and Chronic Kidney Disease

Read about the role of nutrition in the management of canine and feline chronic kidney disease, and about factors that impact food intake and renal diet acceptance in cats.

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16 min to 20 min