ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: VVSS00167f12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Dogs and cats nutrition
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Dr Agnieszka Kurosad
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Students knows the dogs and cats nutritional peculiarities, commercial pet foods and supplements. He obtains the knowledge of nutrients, home-made diets and how to feed the special groups of dogs: sporting, working, etc.
Competences: Student can estimate the condition of dogs and cats nutrition, feeding ect. He can choose the proper food or supplement for dogs or cats. He can propose the feeding plan for sporting or working dogs ect. He can propose the home-made diet.
Prerequisites: Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry
Course content: Cats idiosyncrasies. Pet food, home-made diets. Supplements. Palatability of pet foods. Myths in dogs and cats feeding. Feeding of sporting and working dogs. Special brand of pet foods. Chocolate intoxication.
Recommended literature: 1. Hand. M.S. et al.: Small Animal Nutrition, 4th ed. Mark Morris Institute. Topeka. Kansas. 2000 2. Pibot P. et al.: Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition. Aniwa SAS, Royal Canin. Paris. France. 2006 3. Pibot P. et al.: Encyclopedia of Feline Clinical Nutriton. Aniwa SAS, Royal Canin. Paris. France. 2008 4. Case L. et al.: Canine and Feline Nutrition. Mosby Elsevier. USA. 2011 5. Nutritional Research Council of the National Academies: Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats. The National Academic Press. Washington D.C. 2006 6. Hoskins J.: Pediatria weterynaryjna. Elsevier Urban & Partner. Wrocław. 2007 7. Lecoindre P.: Canine and Feline Gastroenterology. Nestle Purina. Wolters Kluwer. France. 2010
Assessment methods: Final test
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