Veterinary Nursing at Royal Veterinary College, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Herts AL9 7TA, UK
In developed countries, the categorisation of raw meat-based diets as ‘unconventional diets’ is testimony to widespread availability and use of nutritionally complete, and balanced manufactured diets...
Energy is measured in calories (cal), kilocalories (kcal) and kilojoules (kJ): 1 kcal = 1000 cal = 4.184 kJ. Heat is produced following the intake of a meal as a result of digestion and absorption....
Appetite can be adversely affected when circumstances interfere with the initiation of food intake (for example in the case of facial trauma or dental disease), or act to promote negative stimuli...
The RCVS Veterinary Nurses' Council introduced a non-statutory register for veterinary nurses in 2007. With this came the additional responsibilities associated with professional regulation. As...