Patricia A Schenck

Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets

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Produktbeschreibung

HOME-PREPARED Dog & Cat DIETS SECOND EDITION Diet is an important consideration in the care of a pet and is a major factor in health and life expectancy. Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets, Second Edition is a unique handbook written by an expert in the field that provides an introduction to nutrition of the healthy dog and cat and also an extensive discussion of medical disorders that can be managed in part by dietary means. Recipes are provided for making home-prepared diets for both healthy pets at all life stages, and pets with special medical conditions. This new, fully revised edition has been expanded and rewritten to reflect nutritional recommendations based on current research. New chapters have been added on feeding the puppy and kitten, feeding the pregnant or lactating dog or cat, feeding the senior pet, feeding the performance dog, and the role of diet in pets with cancer. Diets are now listed in a cookbook style. Nutrient content for protein, fat, carbohydrate, and fiber have been provided for every diet, along with the nutrient density. A website is also available (www.wiley.com/go/schenck) that includes downloadable spreadsheets with complete nutritional breakdowns for each recipe. KEY FEATURES: * Includes recipes for making home-prepared diets for both healthy pets and pets with special conditions * Expanded and rewritten to reflect nutritional recommendations based on current research. * Presents new chapters on feeding the puppy and kitten, feeding the pregnant or lactating dog or cat, feeding the senior pet, feeding the performance dog, and the role of diet in pets with cancer. * Now lists diets in a cookbook style * Website available that includes downloadable spreadsheets with complete nutritional breakdowns for each recipe, www.wiley.com/go/schenck. =

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 903g
• ISBN-13: 9780813801193
• ISBN-10: 0813801192
• Artikelnr.: 35347310

Autorenporträt

THE AUTHOR: Patricia A. Schenck, DVM, PhD, is the section chief of the endocrinology section at the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health at Michigan State University. She is a well-published author and frequently lectures on endocrinology and nutrition. She is a dog and cat owner and has trained and shown dogs in conformation, obedience, and rally events.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Section I Nutrition and Dietary Management 3
Chapter 1 Homemade Diets 5
Chapter 2 Food Safety 15
Chapter 3 Nutrients 23
Chapter 4 Canine and Feline Energy Requirements 51
Chapter 5 Feeding the Healthy Adult Dog or Cat 85
Chapter 6 Feeding the Puppy or Kitten 95
Chapter 7 Feeding the Pregnant or Lactating Dog or Cat 103
Chapter 8 Feeding the Senior Pet 113
Chapter 9 Feeding the Performance Dog 119
Chapter 10 Food Intolerance and Allergy 129
Chapter 11 Obesity 135
Chapter 12 Skeletal and Joint Diseases 143
Chapter 13 Diet and Gastrointestinal Disease 151
Chapter 14 Diet and Chronic Renal Disease 181
Chapter 15 Diet and Urinary Tract Stones 195
Chapter 16 Diet and Skin Disease 207
Chapter 17 Diet and Endocrine Disease 215
Chapter 18 Diet and Heart Disease 229
Chapter 19 Diet and Pancreatic Disease 237
Chapter 20 Diet and Hepatic Disease 243
Chapter 21 Diet and Cancer 255
Section II Home-Prepared Diets 265
Tools Needed 265
Choosing a Diet 265
Preparing Diets 267
Dog Diet Recipes 269
Dog Diets 277
Cat Diet Recipes 433
Cat Diets 438
Appendix 1 Dog Diets by Protein Source 507
Appendix 2 Cat Diets by Protein Source 513
Index 517