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| VCER2022-1 | Nutrition of pet animals
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| Duration : | 15h Moni. ex. |
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| Lecturer : | Marianne Diez |
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| Coordinator : | N... |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| Exercises applied to the nutrition of hospitalized companion animals and discussion about cases reported by students |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 1. Assessment of nutritional risk factors in hospitalized animals and animals in intensive care unit
2. Practical feeding : enteral nutrition or tube feeding, process, justifications, food choice, daily amounts, practical modalities and communication of the diet to the client at the end of the hospitalization period |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Lectures or courses of master or equivalent1.General nutrition
2.Special nutrition including clinical nutrition of companion animals
Exercises of special nutrition (GMV1, 5 h) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| To implement practical feeding of hospitalized animals using tools available in the clinics (means, procedures, clinical foods, recommendations dedicated to critical patients in the ICU) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Clinical teaching in the hospital |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 1. WSAVA Feeding guidelines 2011
2. Small Animal Clinical Nutrition 2010, 5th Edn Hand, Thatcher, Remillard, Roudebush and Novotny- section 6 (disponible dans l'unité) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Continuous assessment - 10 pointsAssessment of 2 written and presented cases
(1 case of voluntary nutrition and 1 case of force feeding), 5 points each |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| M. Diez - mdiez@ulg.ac.be 04 366 41 38 |
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