Nutrition for Life
A six week online tutored CPD course with Georgia Woods-Lee
Following completion of the tutored course, you now have unlimited lifetime access to the learning resources. These are provided for future reference only, and no further CPD hours may be claimed for reviewing the materials.
Week 1
From Conception to Weaning
- Parent health prior to conception and how this may affect pregnancy, parturition, and offspring
- Nutritional requirements during pregnancy
- Nutritional adaptations required during lactation
- Neonate nutritional requirements, including how to hand feed effectively
- Weaning
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Discuss how nutrition affects reproduction and key adaptations that are required
- Have a clear understanding of how to promote health through nutrition during lactation
- Identify the essential nutritional requirements for neonates
- Understand how to hand feed neonates correctly
Week 2
Growth
- Optimal growth
- Effects of neutering
- Nutritional considerations for large breed puppies
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Correctly use growth charts to map growth
- Identify when growth is not ideal and the necessary changes that are required to maintain a healthy weight to adulthood
- Have a good understanding of the nutritional adaptations that will be required at the point of neutering
Week 3
Adult Maintenance
- Promoting health in adults
- Maintaining a stable weight
- Treat management
- Recognise key aspects of feeding working dogs
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Understand nutritional requirements for adults and how these must be adapted for each pet’s circumstance
- Identify points of concern and to make appropriate recommendations
- Reflect on how nutritional requirement for working dog may differ from pet dogs
Week 4
Golden Oldies – Senior Pets
- Defining ‘senior’ age as an individual process
- Understanding age related changes and how these require nutritional adaptation
- Environmental considerations for pets in their senior years
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Confidently assess the needs of a senior pet
- Identify environmental changes that may be required
- Understanding of the dynamic changes to nutrition that are required for seniors to better support the pet and pet owner
Week 5
Diet Choices
- Examination of the pet food label
- Introduction to alternative diet types and how to have conversations with pet owners
- How to manage pets fed an alternative diet within a hospital environment
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Identify all key information on a pet food label and how this is used to determine a feeding amount
- Have a broad understanding of the pros and cons associated with alternative diets that are now commonly fed
- Appreciate methods for assessing the suitability of alternative diets and how to improve safety
- Confidently talk to the pet owner who wish to feed an alternative diet type
Week 6
Maintaining an Ideal Weight
- Assess ideal weight through body condition scoring and muscle condition scoring
- Simple steps to ensure obesity does not occur, and what can help if it does
- How to calculate a feeding quantity of dry, wet or mixed diet types
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Confidently be able to body condition score and muscle condition score to identify an ideal weight and good health
- Understand how simple food management in the home can prevent obesity occurring
- Thoroughly understand calculations for determining a feeding amount to prevent over, or under feeding
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Nutrition for Life
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