Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets : The Healthful Alternative

by Donald R. Strombeck (Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis)

• ISBN13: 9780813821498
• ISBN10: 0813821495
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part One. Food Quality and Safety	3	(62)
1. Introduction	3	(18)
2. Food Quality and Wholesomeness	21	(22)
3. Food Safety and Preparation	43	(22)
Part Two. Feeding Normal Dogs and Cats	65	(62)
4. Canine and Feline Energy Requirements	65	(14)
5. Feeding a Normal Dog or Cat	79	(48)
Part Three. Food Intolerance and Allergy	127	(90)
6. Adaptation to the Diet	127	(16)
7. Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Disease	143	(18)
8. Diet and Gastrointestinal Disease	161	(28)
9. Digestive Tract Environment: Protection of Its Integrity	189	(14)
10. Diet and Skin Disease	203	(14)
Part Four. Diet-Induced Disease	217	(36)
11. Feeding to Manage Obesity	217	(20)
12. Diet-Related Skeletal and Joint Diseases in Dogs	237	(16)
Part Five. Dietary Management of Disease	253	(99)
13. Diet and Chronic Renal Disease	253	(26)
14. Diet and Urinary Tract Stone Disease	279	(20)
15. Diet and Endocrine Disease	299	(8)
16. Diet and Heart Disease	307	(14)
17. Diet and Pancreatic Disease	321	(14)
18. Diet and Hepatic Disease	335	(17)
Index	352