Current literature focusses on obesity, with minimal research surrounding malnutrition and species comparison. This study aimed to explore the current attitudes, awareness, and practises of veterinary...
Eating was specifically considered in the Ability Model's patient assessment framework (Orpet and Welsh, 2011), demonstrating that this should not be overlooked while creating a nursing care plan...
There is a general consensus among veterinary professionals that rabbits are at a greater risk of mortality than canines or felines when hospitalised for veterinary treatment (Lewis, 2010; Wenger,...
The patient was examined and a clinical history was gathered. The presenting symptoms included: haemorrhagic diarrhoea, a temperature of 40.8°C, lethargy and an absence of the patient's usual...
Rabbits are obligate herbivores and their cyclical digestive process requires high amounts of fibre to meet nutritional needs. In the wild, rabbits primarily consume tough fibrous grasses and leafy...
Wild rabbits eat a high fibre, low energy diet of grasses and other plants. Fibre is composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin, which cannot be digested by mammalian enzymes. Fermentation by...
An understanding of the guinea pig digestive system is useful when advising on the correct diet for them, and also for problem solving any conditions that may be diet related..
While selective breeding has changed external features, such as the domestic rabbit's coat colour, fur length, ear shape and size, its underlying physiology is, or should be, similar to that of the...
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...
From this investigation, it can be concluded that when attempting to encourage voluntary food intake in anorexic cats, perseverance is essential, irrespective of which feeding method is applied. The...