Home-Prepared Dog & Cat Diets: the Healthful Alternative - Softcover

Donald R. Strombeck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813821495 ISBN 13: 9780813821498

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

With an eye to the long-term health of pets, Dr Donald Strombeck outlines diets that the care giver can prepare at home or in the clinic. He offers nutritional and dietary guidance for animals with particular problems, from obesity, allergies, and gastrointestinal complaints to diseases of the kidney, pancreas, heart and joints. Each recipe includes nutrient content for proteins, fats and calories and all rely on unprocessed foods that are widely available and marketed for human consumption. Full of useful information about nutritional and dietary needs of cats and dogs, this book will be an indispensable guide for all those who are particular about what they feed their pets or their feline and canine patients.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A pet's diet determines its health and life expectancy more than any other care. Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets is a first-of-its-kind nutrition and dietetics book. It offers owners and breeders a wholesome alternative to commercial pet food and provides veterinarians with a unique reference for counseling clients. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language, this comprehensive reference includes the following:

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• Over 200 computer-balanced recipes to provide complete nutrition for healthy or diseased animals
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• Nutrient content data for each recipe, including proteins, fats, and calories
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• Nutritional guidance and descriptions of special diets
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• Recipe categories for management of obesity and diseases that affect the gastrointestinal system, skin, kidneys, heart, liver and pancreas
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• Invaluable food quality and safety information

About the Author:

Donald R. Strombeck, DVM, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, as well as an honorary member of the College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is widely published and has received numerous awards, including the Ralston Purina Award for research excellence in small animal diseases for his work in gastroenterology. Dr. Strombeck practiced small animal medicine for over 40 years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0813821495
• ISBN 13: 9780813821498
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 366