| Objective: To investigate the correlation between caloric ingestion, hospital discharge and death rate of dogs and cats. Material and Method: Animals hospitalized at the Hospital Veterinário da Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias da Universidade Estadual Paulista (HV-FCAV/UNESP), (Veterinarian Hospital of the College of Agrarian and Veterinarian Sciences of Paulista State University) Campus of Jaboticabal, Sp, for any disease or in pre or post surgery period, had their maintenance energy requirement (MER): 132 x (body weighjO·75 kc a day for dogs; 70 x (body weigh) kcal a day for cats. Animals were fed commercial super-premium food and received enteral and parenteral nutrition support. A total of 279 animals were studied, 223 dogs and 56 cats.... |
