Resources to help evaluate a pet's current nutrition and guide nutrition recommendations.

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NUTRITIONAL & CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Resources to help evaluate a pet's current nutrition and guide nutrition recommendations.

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Maintaining Healthy Weight

Body Condition Assessment

Maintaining Healthy Weight

Maintaining a healthy weight in pets provides many health advantages, but many pet owners are uncertain about how to manage their pet’s weight.

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6 min to 10 min

Body Condition System Progress Chart Dog

Body Condition Assessment

Body Condition System Progress Chart Dog

The Progress Chart should be used with the Canine Body Condition System Sheet to help track a pet’s weight loss or gain.

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1 min to 5 min

DISHAA Assessment Tool

Cognition Assessment

DISHAA Assessment Tool

A useful tool to monitor cognitive function in dogs.​

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1 min to 5 min

Purina Fecal Scoring Chart

Fecal Scoring Assessment

Purina Fecal Scoring Chart

The Purina Fecal Scoring Chart is a practical, easy-to-use tool that can help clients describe their pets’ stools.

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1 min to 5 min

Distinguishing Characteristics of Small and Large Bowel Diarrhea Chart

Fecal Scoring Assessment

Distinguishing Characteristics of Small and Large Bowel Diarrhea Chart

A practical, easy-to-use chart that helps localize diarrhea to the small or large intestine.

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1 min to 5 min

Body Condition System Progress Chart Cat

Body Condition Assessment

Body Condition System Progress Chart Cat

The Progress Chart should be used with the Feline Body Condition System Sheet to help track a pet’s weight loss or gain.

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1 min to 5 min

Components of Nutritional Assessment

Making a Diet Recommendation

Components of Nutritional Assessment

Nutritional assessment uses an iterative process to make specific diet recommendations tailored to individual dogs and cats.

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1 min to 5 min

Taking a Good Diet History

Nutritional Assessment

Taking a Good Diet History

The only way to know what each patient really eats is to ask ꟷ and document the information in the medical record.

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1 min to 5 min

Screening Diet History Form

Nutritional Assessment

Screening Diet History Form

This short, screening diet history form is a practical, easy-to-use document that can help clients provide important information about their pets’ diets.

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1 min to 5 min

The Purina Body Condition System

Body Condition Assessment

The Purina Body Condition System

The Purina Body Condition System is an easy and practical tool for assessing a pet's body composition.​

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1 min to 5 min

Canine Body Condition System Sheet

Body Condition Assessment

Canine Body Condition System Sheet

A visual aid to the Purina Body Condition Score System for dogs.​

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1 min to 5 min

How to Perform a Body Condition Assessment - Dog

Body Condition Assessment

How to Perform a Body Condition Assessment - Dog

Assess a dog's Body Condition Score in just 3 simple steps.​

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1 min to 5 min