Welfare for Veterinary Nurses- Nutrition in illness

Diets with a low glycaemic index are particularly useful for patients with....?

• Diabetes Insipidus

• Diabetes Mellitus

• Renal disease

• Hepatic disease

Diets high in l-carnitine and fibre and low in calories are particularly useful for....

• Patients with renal disease

• Patients with neoplasia

• Anorexic patients

• Obese patients

An assisted feeding tube that enters at the stomach is known as a .....?

• N-O tube

• Oesophagostomy tube

• PEG tube

• Jejunostomy tube

Which of the following assisted feeding tubes are not indwelling?

• NG tube

• PEG tube

• Orogastric tube

• Oesophagostomy tube

Using the simplified equation for animals weighing 2-30kg, what is the RER of a dog weighing 20kg?

• 370 kcal/day

• 470 kcal/day

• 670 kcal /day

• 770 kcal/day