• In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Exotic Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Amanda Ardente brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Exotic Animal Nutrition. Top experts discuss topics such as key nutritional factors of commercially available diets for companion small rodents; key nutritional factors and obesity prevention in companion psittacine birds; insectivore nutrition; interpretation of serum analytes for nutritional evaluation; and more.


    Key Features

    • Contains 10 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including important nutritional considerations for hindgut fermenters; key nutritional factors in ferret nutrition; important considerations for chelonian nutrition; effective weight loss and long-term maintenance programs for companion potbellied pigs; assisted enteral nutrition (i.e., tube feeding) of companion exotic animals; and more.
    • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on exotic animal nutrition, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
    • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

    • Cover image

    • Title page

    • Table of Contents

    • Copyright

    • Contributors

    • Forthcoming Issues

    • Preface

    • Nutritional Physiology and Feeding of Companion Rodents

    • Key points

    • Background

    • Recommendations

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Key Nutritional Factors and Obesity Prevention in Companion Psittacine Birds

    • Introduction

    • Body condition scoring

    • Avian key nutritional factors

    • Vitamins and minerals

    • Fruits and vegetables

    • Diet formulation

    • Obesity

    • Obesity prevention

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • An Update on Key Nutritional Factors in Ferret Nutrition

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Feeding the Pet Ferret

    • Future research

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Insectivore Nutrition – A Review of Current Knowledge

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Insectivore nutrition

    • Nutritional composition of insects

    • Recommendations for feeding insectivores

    • Controversies

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • An Update on Companion Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) Nutrition

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Important Factors in Chelonian Nutrition

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Mini Pig Nutrition and Weight Management

    • Key points

    • Background

    • Scope of this article

    • Nutrient requirements

    • Feeding recommendations

    • Feed according to life stage

    • Healthy weight management

    • Other common nutrition concerns of pet pig owners

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Assisted Enteral Feeding of Exotic Companion Animals

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Malnutrition

    • Feeding in hospital

    • Voluntary consumption

    • Assisted feeding

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Interpretation of Serum Analytes for Nutritional Evaluation

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Discussion

    • Calcium and phosphorus

    • Magnesium

    • Iron

    • Zinc

    • Copper

    • Manganese

    • Molybdenum

    • Cobalt and vitamin B12

    • Selenium

    • Iodine

    • Vitamin A

    • Vitamin D3

    • Vitamin C

    • Vitamin E

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

  • Amanda Ardente

    Affiliations and expertise

    Nutrition Consultant Ardente Veterinary Nutrition, LLC Ocala, Florida, USA

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