Dietary protein is important in both health and disease, and nutritional intervention often includes recommendations to adjust protein consumption. However, this is not always an easy recommendation to make in the clinical setting; assessing and quantifying protein intake can be challenging, and implementing changes in dietary protein is rarely straightforward. This lecture will focus on practical methods of assessing protein intake and recommending modifications in dietary protein for canine and feline patients with protein-responsive medical conditions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand dietary protein for dogs and cats
2. Understand practical methods of assessing protein intake
3. Understand the recommendations for modifications in dietary protein for dogs and cats with protein-responsive medical conditions
Presented by Catherine Ruggiero, MS, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition
RACE-Approved for 1 hour of CE
