Commercial to Home-Prepared: The Art and Science of Fresh- Food Diets
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
This 1-hour lecture will review the increasing prevalence of feeding fresh-food diets (both commercial and home-prepared) to companion dogs and cats and pet owner’s motivations for this feeding strategy. The lecture will also review potential risks and benefits of fresh-food diets and complications that can arise both from nutritional balance and food safety perspective and provide a few quick tips for veterinary professionals (veterinarian and support staff) to evaluate diets that are being fed to their patients.
Learning Objectives:
- Review risks and benefits of fresh-food diets for dogs and cats compared to canned or dry pet food.
- Provide quick tips on evaluate commercially available or home-prepared fresh-food diets for completeness and adequacy.
- Outline food safety steps that should be in place for all pet food providers (commercial or home-chef) to reduce health risks to dogs and cats.
Lisa Weeth, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Dr. Lisa Weeth received her veterinary degree from University of California, Davis, in 2002, and after 2 years in General Practice went back to UC Davis to complete a residency in Clinical Nutrition. She completed her specialty training and became a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists in 2007 and has been in specialty practice offering in-person or telemedicine nutrition consultations ever since. Starting in 2018 she has been heading the Nutrition Department at Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital in Los Angeles, California, and in addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Weeth is a frequent lecturer at regional, national, and international veterinary conferences; serves on the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee; and is on the Executive Board for the American Association of Veterinary Nutrition.
Moderator: Dr. Jamie Perkins, DVM
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
This activity is sponsored by Freshpet.
