QUESTIONS

1. List the factors that would indicate the necessity for specific nutritional support.
2. What is meant by cachectic?
3. Define pica.
4. What is meant by hypo- and hyper-metabolism?
5. Describe protein-energy malnutrition (PEM).
6. List the therapeutic benefits of appropriate nutritional support.
7. Define dietary sensitivity.
8. List the possible presenting signs of a patient with dietary sensitivity.
9. What breed is prone to gluten-sensitive enteropathy?
10. What chronic conditions have been reported in which dietary insensitivity is thought to play a role?
11. What foods are most commonly associated with food sensitivity?
12. What is an elimination diet?
13. What is a suitable time period for a food trial?
14. What is the most common form of malnutrition seen in small animal practice?
15. Define hypertrophy and hyperplasia.
16. Why is hyperplasia detrimental?
17. What condition may affect dieting cats that lose weight too rapidly?
18. List the properties of a diet suitable for weight loss.
19. Why is fasting often recommended in cases of gastrointestinal disorders?
20. Describe the feeding of a patient with mega-oesophagus.
21. Describe the feeding of a patient prone to gastric dilation (volvulus syndrome).
22. List properties of a diet suitable for cases of diarrhoea.
23. Why are high fibre diets only beneficial in the prevention of constipation?
24. Describe the properties of a diet suitable for cases of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
25. Describe the properties of a diet suitable for cases of pancreatitis.
26. Describe the properties of a diet suitable for cases of liver disease.
27. Describe the properties of a diet suitable for cases of hepatic lipidosis.
28. Describe a diet suitable for the long-term nutrition of a dog suffering from diabetes mellitus.
29. Explain why semi-moist foods should not be fed to diabetic patients.
30. List the properties of a diet suitable for animals with renal dysfunction.
31. List the properties of a diet suitable for animals prone to struvite crystalluria.
32. List the properties of a diet suitable for animals prone to calcium oxalate crystalluria.
33. Describe how the dissolution and prevention of cystine uroliths may be achieved.
34. Describe how the dissolution and prevention of ammonium urate uroliths may be achieved.
35. What condition may result following deficiencies in essential fatty acids, protein, zinc, and vitamins A, E and B complex?
36. In what food are the omega-3 series fatty acids found?
37. Describe a diet suitable for a patient with congestive heart failure.