Resources to help evaluate a pet's current nutrition and guide nutrition recommendations.
Resources
Body Condition Assessment
3D Body Condition Score Tool
A 3D interactive tool for easy body condition assessment of dogs and cats.
1 min to 5 min
Dermatological Disorders, Gastrointestinal Disorders
Feeding for Success: Tips for an Effective Food Elimination Trial
Share these tips with pet owners to help them understand what makes a food elimination trial successful.
1 min to 5 min
Making a Diet Recommendation
Components of Nutritional Assessment
Nutritional assessment uses an iterative process to make specific diet recommendations tailored to individual dogs and cats.
1 min to 5 min
Cognition Assessment
DISHAA Assessment Tool
A useful tool to monitor cognitive function in dogs.
1 min to 5 min
Cognition Assessment
Epilepsy Questionnaire
This screening form provides a practical, easy-to-use questionnaire that can help clients provide important information for the diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy in dogs.
1 min to 5 min
Fecal Scoring Assessment
Purina Fecal Scoring Chart
The Purina Fecal Scoring Chart is a practical, easy-to-use tool that can help clients describe their pets’ stools.
1 min to 5 min
Fecal Scoring Assessment
Distinguishing Characteristics of Small and Large Bowel Diarrhea Chart
A practical, easy-to-use chart that helps localize diarrhea to the small or large intestine.
1 min to 5 min
Nutritional Assessment
Nutritional Assessment Is an Iterative Process: Screening Evaluation
Assessing a patient’s nutritional status is a recurring process that entails more than taking a diet history.
1 min to 5 min
Nutritional Assessment
Nutritional Assessment Is an Iterative Process: Extended Evaluation
An extended nutritional evaluation is important for pets at risk for nutrition-related problems.
1 min to 5 min
Nutritional Assessment
Nutrition-Related Risk Factors
Pets should be evaluated for the presence of nutrition-related risk factors as part of a screening nutritional assessment.
1 min to 5 min
Nutritional Assessment
Taking a Good Diet History
The only way to know what each patient really eats is to ask ꟷ and document the information in the medical record.
1 min to 5 min
Nutritional Assessment
Screening Diet History Form
This short, screening diet history form is a practical, easy-to-use document that can help clients provide important information about their pets’ diets.
1 min to 5 min