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Services
for Veterinarians
- Prescription food products - Eukanuba, Hill’s, Purina,
and Royal Canin each make excellent prescription food products.
A qualified nutritionist with no ties to any company can recommend
the best prescription diet for your patient’s particular
needs.
- Which prescription food would be best
for my patient? -There
can be significant differences between similar use products
among manufacturers. A professional, with knowledge of all
products can identify differences to help you prescribe the
most beneficial food.
- New products – New prescription diets are introduced
to the market regularly. New over-the-counter products are
being introduced daily and busy practitioners may not be able
to stay abreast of new products, nutrition research results,
or what supplements are safe and effective.
- Home-prepared diets - The popularity of home-cooked diets
is increasing. The diets your clients are using can be analyzed
to determine nutrient content, unbalanced diets can be corrected,
or new, balanced diets, can be formulated for your patients.
- No commercial product meets your patient’s
needs -
There are times when a commercial prescription diet is not
available, such as chronic pancreatitis cases with renal disease,
or perhaps a food allergic dog with renal disease. Additionally,
some dogs and cats will not accept the available commercial
prescription foods. Custom formulated, fully balanced diets
can be formulated to support the management of medical conditions.
- Multiple medical conditions – Some of these cases can
be difficult to feed. We can make sound nutrition recommendations
or “best possible” suggestions for managing these
complicated cases.
- Parenteral nutrition – Partial parenteral nutrition,
administered peripherally, is very easy to accomplish in your
veterinary practice. Total parenteral nutrition is sometimes
needed. Formulations can be provided to you or to your compounding
pharmacist to provide the proper nutrient ratios for your critical
care patients.
How are fees handled?
Your clinic will be responsible for consulting fees. You have
the option of passing costs to your client with or without
added fees as you see fit.
OR
You may refer your client directly to Pet Nutrition Consulting.
As the referring veterinarian, you will receive copies of all
information provided to your client.
How to reach us
For medical cases, print out the Veterinary Consultation Form,
fill it out and fax it, with pertinent blood chemistries and
urinalysis, to: 865-577-0233
You can also scan and email the form to: contact@petnutritionconsulting.com
If
you wish to speak directly to someone, telephone 865-235-4356
(Eastern time zone).
Fee Schedule
A nutrition consult consists of telephone contact (our expense),
email and/or fax communication to identify the needs of your
client. The healthiest possible solution that fulfills your requirements
will be offered. Your nutrition questions will be answered and
unbiased advice and knowledge will be shared. Follow-up is included,
to assure success of the plan we have devised. One hour of professional
time will be dedicated to each case. Supplements can be recommended
where needed for optimal health. Weight loss programs can be
formulated.
You may purchase our services online using Paypal's secure connection.
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Nutrition Consultation |
$100.00 |
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Home-prepared diets will be analyzed to assure that they meet
nutrition requirements of AAFCO and the NRC for dogs and cats.
Combinations of home-cooked and commercial diets can be analyzed.
Suggestions to improve or balance a diet will be provided if
the diet is inadequate. Follow-up is included to assure that
the plan we devise is working for your client and patient. One
hour of professional time will be available for questions and
discussion.
Balanced home-prepared diet recipes for healthy pets can be
formulated with ingredients that your patient will eat and that
are readily available for use. Finding safe sources of ingredients
is included. One hour of professional time will be available
for follow-up and questions.
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Home-Cooked Diet Formulation |
$150.00 |
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Dogs or cats with medical problems such as diabetes, inflammatory
bowel disease, renal insufficiency, etc., need specialized diets.
Some pets will not eat commercially prepared diets. In some cases
an appropriate commercial diet is not available for a medical
condition, or a combination of medical problems. I will work
with you and your client to assure that the diet formulated is
complementing your medical management of the case. Two hours
of professional time will be available for discussions with you
and/or your client.
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Custom Home-Cooked Medical Diet Formulation |
$200.00 |
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Additional hours of consultation, per hourly rates
Printable
Veterinary Consultation Form (PDF)*
*If you need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF, click here.
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