Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU
During one week (9-13 May, 2005) the use of veterinary diets for the hospitalised patients att the University clinic was registered. The animal owners were interviewed by telephone six months later about the feeding after coming home. Four out of ten animal owners answered yes to the question if...
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SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231)
2006
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| author | Engström, Annica |
| author_browse | Engström, Annica |
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| description | During one week (9-13 May, 2005) the use of veterinary diets for the hospitalised patients att the University clinic was registered. The animal owners were interviewed by telephone six months later about the feeding after coming home.
Four out of ten animal owners answered yes to the question if the veterinarian had asked what food their animal normally consumed.
Out of 35 animals, 15 (43%) were prescribed to a veterinary diet. Among cats it was 8 out of 14 (57%) and among dogs it was 7 out of 21 (33%).
Four animals out of ten were recommended a veterinary diet when going home, but 20% did not follow the recommendation all the way through and stopped feeding their animal the veterinary diet. Reasons that were given was that the diet didn't last the entire period, that the animal didn't need the diet anymore according to the owner and one dog that became to lean when fed the diet. The diagnosis for these three dogs was vomiting, foreign body in the digestive system and bloody diarrhoea. The two first dogs ate Royal Canin Digestive Low Fat and the last one got Hill's i/d.
An important conclusion of this study is the importance of selling an amount of food large enough of the recommended diet when the owner is taking the animal home from the clinic. The best scenario would be that the owner takes home such an amount of the diet that it's enough for the whole period, or alternatively half of the period for the very large animals if the cost is to high to buy everything at once. It is more likely that the animal will be fed the recommended veterinary diet during the entire period of time if there are enough amounts of the diet at home. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | swe Inglés |
| publishDate | 2006 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU111482017-09-28T06:18:45Z Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU Engström, Annica hund katt foder patienter sjukdom During one week (9-13 May, 2005) the use of veterinary diets for the hospitalised patients att the University clinic was registered. The animal owners were interviewed by telephone six months later about the feeding after coming home. Four out of ten animal owners answered yes to the question if the veterinarian had asked what food their animal normally consumed. Out of 35 animals, 15 (43%) were prescribed to a veterinary diet. Among cats it was 8 out of 14 (57%) and among dogs it was 7 out of 21 (33%). Four animals out of ten were recommended a veterinary diet when going home, but 20% did not follow the recommendation all the way through and stopped feeding their animal the veterinary diet. Reasons that were given was that the diet didn't last the entire period, that the animal didn't need the diet anymore according to the owner and one dog that became to lean when fed the diet. The diagnosis for these three dogs was vomiting, foreign body in the digestive system and bloody diarrhoea. The two first dogs ate Royal Canin Digestive Low Fat and the last one got Hill's i/d. An important conclusion of this study is the importance of selling an amount of food large enough of the recommended diet when the owner is taking the animal home from the clinic. The best scenario would be that the owner takes home such an amount of the diet that it's enough for the whole period, or alternatively half of the period for the very large animals if the cost is to high to buy everything at once. It is more likely that the animal will be fed the recommended veterinary diet during the entire period of time if there are enough amounts of the diet at home. Under en vecka (9-13/5 2005) registrerades hur dietfoder användes för Smådjursklinikens inneliggande patienter. Djurägarna fick 6 månader senare en enkät och intervjuades därefter per telefon om utfodringen efter hemkomsten. Fyra av tio (40%) djurägare svarade att veterinären frågat vad deras djur brukar äta för mat hemma. Andel djur totalt som ordinerades dietfoder var 15 av 35 (43%). Bland katterna ordinerades 8 av 14 (57%) någon sorts dietfoder och bland hundarna var det 7 stycken av 21 (33%). Fyra av tio djur hade ordinerats dietfoder vid hemgång, men 20% följde inte rekommendationen hela vägen utan slutade med fodret i förtid. Olika anledningar till att sluta med fodret i förtid var att fodret inte behövdes längre enligt ägarens bedömning, att fodret tog hann ta slut i förtid samt att ett djur blev alldeles för magert när det åt dietfodret. De indikationer dessa tre hundar var inlagda för var kräkningar, corp al (främmande kropp) i gastrointestinalkanalen och blodig diarré. De två första hundarna fick Royal Canin Digestive Low Fat och den tredje fick Hill’s i/d. En viktig slutsats av denna undersökning är att man bör sträva efter att sälja tillräckligt stor mängd foder till djurägaren vid djurets hemgång från kliniken. Helst så mycket att fodret räcker hela den ordinerade perioden, alternativt halva tiden för mycket stora djur om om det blir kostsamt att köpa allt på en gång. Det är troligare att djuret får äta dietfodret under hela den ordinerade tiden om tillräckliga mängder av fodret finns i hemmet och inte tar slut i förtid. SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) 2006 L3 swe eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11148/ |
| spellingShingle | hund katt foder patienter sjukdom Engström, Annica Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU |
| title | Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU |
| title_full | Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU |
| title_fullStr | Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU |
| title_full_unstemmed | Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU |
| title_short | Användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på Smådjurskliniken vid SLU |
| title_sort | användning av dietfoder till hundar och katter på smådjurskliniken vid slu |
| topic | hund katt foder patienter sjukdom |