the total daily energy requirement for an animal to maintain its weight, considering its activity level and additional needs.

most food absorption happens here

All but one of the following make up the five vital assessments:

All of the following are true regarding ash except: 

Poorly controlled diabetic patients may experience muscle wasting because of:

Protein quality is not determined by

A client comes in with a pet food bag. Help the client understand the information on the bag by matching each piece of information with the section of the food label Adult maintenance

This acts like a B-vitamin and is synthesized in the liver. It’s not normally an essential nutrient, but can become one under some circumstances. 

Animals should always be in ___________ when fed, to help prevent accidental aspiration of food material or vomitus.

When evaluating food allergies, procedures such as intradermal skin testing, blood tests, and saliva tests are not always reliable as they can yield __________________.