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| The need of nutrition may
vary in different diseases in dogs. The appetite of dogs vary in different
disease conditions. In order to maintain the feeding records, a diet chart
may be made for sick animals. This is very important in a dog clinic or
in a kennel where large number of dogs are kept. It may not always be possible
to determine the exact status of health to compute the ration that
will be required for a dog. For this purpose, records of dog's daily appetite
and bowel elemination may indicate the state of health.
In a hospital or
kennel this chart may be recorded daily to understand the deviation of
an individual dog. The chart should be as follows:
The intake of water should also be recorded. The type of the disease must be taken into account while preparing a diet chart. As for instance, in a case of diarrhoea, a soft bland diet is advisable. Restriction of diet or use of low calorie food is required in case of obesity (fatty) of dog. |
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