DEFRA and CHAP were responsible for

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

The processing of an insurance claim through a series of edits by a fiscal intermediary for final determination of coverage and possible payment is referred to as __.

RER stands for:

Insoluble carbohydrates help in GI disease because they are rapidly fermented and increase GI transit time.

A novel protein is:

The primary source of energy in livestock rations is:

IER or Illness Energy Requirement is the energy requirement calculated for sick and recovering patients.  If a 5.5 kg poodle is recovering from severe burns, how many mL of food would be fed daily? Key: RER: 30 (wt in kg) + 70 IER factor: 1.5 Science Diet Prescription a/d has 1.3 kcals/mL IER amount expressed in mL

Match the following diseases with the most appropriate diet.

A 37 kg Shepherd mix is overweight. The target body weight is 30 kg. What is the DER for this animal? If you want the dog to lose 2% BW per week, how many weeks will it take to reach the target weight? RER = 30 x (wt in kg) + 70 DER factor= 1 Current weight and projected loss= kg x .02= kg/wk at 2% Total weight loss= Total weight loss in kg / Projected weight loss in kg/wk =  Number of weeks at 2% weight loss per week