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Nutritional Physiology and Biochemistry Contact Mark Morris Institute for additional details about our ability to custom build presentations in this area to fit your curricular needs General Clinical Nutrition Topics - Evidence Based Clinical Nutrition (1 hour)
Application of Evidence Based Medicine to the Nutritional Management of Dogs and Cats
- Clinical Nutrition – the Iterative Process (1-2 hours)
The art and science of clinical nutrition including determining nutritional requirements, body condition scoring, food dosage calculations, how to choose and select a food
- Body Condition Scoring – video (30 minutes)
- Body Condition Scoring – laboratory (1-2 hours)
Homemade and Commercial Pet Foods - Introduction to Homemade and Commercial Pet Foods (1 hour)
Overview of the petfood industry, home prepared diets and commercial foods including calculation of dry matter nutritional comparisons
- Reading and Interpreting Pet Food Labels (1 hour)
Regulatory, nutritional and labeling requirements for petfood
- Pet Nutrition Laboratory (1.5-4 hours)
Self-guided, self-directed laboratory experience which provides an opportunity for examination of examination of petfoods, food dosage calculations and label comparisons. This lab consists of 13 stations covering basic as well as advanced clinical nutrition exercises.
- Alternative Diets (1-2 hours)
Discussion of homemade cooked and raw pet foods
Feeding Healthy Pets - Feeding Normal Dogs and Cats (2-3 hours)
Feeding dogs and cats for health maintenance and peak performance. Feeding recommendations for growth, gestation, lactation, adult maintenance, old age and physical exertion (sprint and endurance). Incorporation of nutrition within a preventative health program. Petfood dosage calculations for nutritional counseling.
- Canine Exercise Nutrition (1-2 hours)
Influence of nutrition on peak performance
A number of case-based discussions are available for these topics. Each case typically takes 1 hour of class time to complete and discuss. Cases may be completed in groups or individually. - Moochie - Gestation/Lactation (dog)
- Colossus - Growth (puppy)
- Scamper - Growth (kitten)
- Daisy Mae - Gestation/Lactation (dog)
Feeding Healthy Horses - Mini-Review of Nutrients/Feeds for Horses (1 hour)
Nutritional requirements of the horse. Feed stuffs and feed analysis.
- Practical Guidelines for Feeding Horses (1-2 hours)
Feeding normal horses for health maintenance and performance. Feeding recommendations for growth, gestation, lactation, adult maintenance, old age and performance and performance. Feeding growing horses to avoid developmental orthopedic disease.
- Pet Nutrition Laboratory (1.5-4 hours)
Self-guided, self-directed laboratory experience which provides an opportunity for examination of examination of feedstaffs, complete foods, nutritional supplements, food dosage calculations and label comparisons.
- Equine Clinical Nutrition Elective Course
Nutritional Management of Disease (for Veterinary Students) Each of the presentations below addresses a particular class of nutrients and their influence in health and disease - Dietary Antioxidants: Role in Health and Disease (1-1.5 hours)
- Dietary Fatty Acids: Facts and Fallacies (1-2 hours)
Each of the presentations below addresses the pathophysiology, dietary management as adjunctive or primary therapy and key nutritional factors for each disease state. - Dietary Management of Canine Urolithiasis (1-2 hours)
- Nutritional Influences on Oral Health
- Enteral Critical Care Nutrition (1-2 hours)
- Dietary Management of the Obese Pet (1-2 hours)
- Chronic Progressive Kidney Disease (1-2 hours)
- Nutritional Management of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
- Dietary Management of Gastrointestinal Disease
- Nutrition in Cardiac Disease
- Developmental Orthopedic Disorders in Dogs
- Fiber Responsive Disorders
- Nutritional Management of Liver Disease in Dogs and Cats
- Feeding the Cancer Patient
- Adverse Reactions to Food: Clinical Nutritionist’s Perspective
We also offer a selection of video presentations to enhance the discussions above. - Canine Urolithiasis (1 hour)
- Body Condition Scoring (30 minutes)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Tube Placement (30 minutes)
- Feeding Tube Management (30 minutes)
- Placement of a Nasoesophageal Catheter (15 minutes)
- Placement of an Esophagostomy Tube (20 minutes)
- Parenteral Nutritional Support ( 1 hour)
In addition, case based learning activities are available for many of the above topics. - Charlie - Urolithiasis (dog)
- Watson - Gastric dilatation volvulus (dog)
- Chester Urolithiasis (dog)
- Cally - Hepatic lipidosis (cat)
- Morgan - Congestive heart failure (dog)
- Horatio - Enteral nutritional support (dog)
- Rascal - Dental disease (dog)
- Pooter - Idiopathic colitis (dog)
- Penny - Chronic cough (dog)
- Desperado - Exercise and weight loss (dog)
- Annie - Diabetes mellitus (cat)
- Skipper - Weight loss/back pain (dog)
- Gretchen - Hyperlipidemia (dog)
- C.J. - Kidney disease (cat)
Clinical Nutrition Elective Courses Mark Morris Institute offers a 1-2 credit-hour elective course in small animal and/or equine clinical nutrition for a minimum of 10 junior or senior veterinary students. Such courses need to be compressed into a one-to-two week window and typically include 20-80 contact hours consisting of: Our clinical nutrition elective courses are suitable for house officers as well as general practitioners and we can offer RACE certified CE-credit if desired. Face-to-face interactions can be combined with web-based instruction if preferred. Please contact us to discuss elective courses in more detail. Web-Based Clinical Nutrition Courses Mark Morris Institute now offers live, interactive (synchronous) 1-2 credit courses in basic and clinical nutrition for veterinary students. The courses are taught via the internet using Microsoft® LiveMeeting® web-conferencing site. The host school needs only to provide a classroom with internet and phone access. Please contact us for further details.
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