How to manage indwelling feeding tubes in critically ill dogs and cats

Nasogastric (NG) or nasoesophageal (NE) feeding tubes are indicated in cases where short-term (< 7–10 days) assisted feeding is required and where general anaesthesia is contraindicated (Figure 1)...

Early enteral nutrition in puppies with parvovirus enteritis

In CPV enteritis, infection with parvovirus is acquired by the faecal-oral route of transmission (Goddard and Leisewitz, 2010). By the third to fifth day viraemia is marked, with CPV preferentially...

Nutritional management of hospitalised dogs and cats

When an animal does not receive adequate calories to meet energy requirements, amino acids are mobilised from lean body mass to compensate for that calorie deficit. This is the body's quick solution...