title: WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines.
abstract: Careful assessment of nutritional needs of dogs and cats must be taken into consideration in order to maintain optimum health, be part of a treatment regimen for a diseased state, or to maximize the quality of life in all animals. Therefore, the goal of these WSAVA Guidelines is that a nutritional assessment and specific nutritional recommendation be made on every patient on every visit. This will become known as the 5th Vital Assessment (5VA), following the four vital assessments of temperature, pulse, respiration, and pain that are already addressed on each patient interaction.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Iveta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Becvarova
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cave
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacKay
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Betina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rama
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiffin
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Beukelen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yathiraj
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000592:standards*; D053180:Animal Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000662:veterinary; D015596:Nutrition Assessment