Important aspects of the Canin Nutrition

It would be impracticable to write a complete text on nutrition. Therefore, this text was elaborated of form to give "tips" on the subjects that must be studied and be deepened by the reader, whom it will perceive, in definitive parts, certain superficiality, intentional of our part. The Animal Nutrition is an extensive and apaixonante subject, that deserves consideration of all the proprietors. It counts on the Vestibule Animal Health to clarify its doubts.

Much is argued how much to best and more adjusted feeding. Ration and cool food have its advantages and disadvantages. To analyze the familiar, together quotidiano to the particular necessities of the animal, is basic to get success in its nutrition for in such a way, becomes indispensable the consultation a Medical Veterinarian, who or will indicate the best cool cardápio, or the indicated ration more to the dog for each period of training of life. Dogs exactly old younglings, adults and can be stirred up to change the alimentary habit, passing of the food caretaker to the ration and vice versa, depending on the necessity. Independent of as it will be the exchange, this must be more gradual to the measure where it increases the age of the animal, since this can reveal more resistant physiological and/or to the alimentary change psicologicamente. Independent of the food, one practical to salutar is to determine hourly where the feeding will be given.

The nutrients

Beyond if worrying about the basic composition of the ration (meats, vegetables, flours), or about the composition of the natural feeding, it must be led in consideration what these components offer of nutrients for the animal. Taking itself in account that the energy removed for the organism is inferior to the total contained in the food, it is to salutar to proceed calculations from the amount and variety of the supplied feeding, in order to not only offer the minimum, but the amount most appropriate of the nutrient to the work that the animal makes at the moment. A youngling, for example, needs bigger amount proteins and calcium that an adult dog; an adult dog that also carries through work will have its nutricionais differences in relation to the dog of the same race that only serves of company.