{"topic_id":"companion_practical_wsava_nutrition_assessment","category":"companion-practical","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_practical_wsava_nutrition_assessment\ncategory: companion-practical\ntitle: \"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines — screening vs extended evaluation, 'every pet, every visit'\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Checklist + Implementing the Guidelines (PDFs landed pdf-raw/wsava/nutritional_assessment_checklist.txt, pdf-raw/wsava/implementing_nutrition_guidelines.txt; C1 anchor txt)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/wsava/implementing_nutrition_guidelines.txt ; pdf-raw/wsava/nutritional_assessment_checklist.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-11\ntokens_estimated: 360\nverified: true\nverification: paraphrase\nrecovered: false\nsource_document: \"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines (checklist + 1-2-3 implementation leaflet)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA)\"\n  title: \"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines\"\n  url: \"https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-11\"\n  ref: \"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines (Pet Nutrition Alliance / WSAVA)\"\n  doc_type: \"guideline PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\n---\n\nWSAVA frames nutrition as a routine vital sign. Its implementation leaflet `Easy as 1-2-3` states the practice standard in one sentence: incorporate a `nutritional assessment and specific dietary recommendation in the physical exam for every pet, every time they visit`.\n\nThe \"1-2-3\" workflow has two levels. The `Screening Evaluation:` is done for every patient and rests on a short set of elements — `Nutritional history/`, `activity level`, `Body condition score`, and `Muscle Condition Score:`. Where the physical exam is normal and no risk factors are present, the screening is sufficient. When abnormal findings or nutritional risk factors exist, the clinician proceeds to the `extended evaluation` (a fuller diet-history, body/muscle condition, and diagnostic work-up). The companion checklist operationalises this: it records `Current body condition score* _____/9` and `Muscle Condition Score:`, and flags the cutoff `Body condition score less than 4 or greater than 5 (on 9-pt scale)` as a screening risk factor, alongside `Snacks, treats, table food > 10% of total calories` and other lifestyle/environment items.\n\nPet-food relevance: this is the practical bridge between an animal's BCS and a concrete feeding recommendation — the layer that turns nutrient science into a per-patient diet plan. Written in paraphrase mode (WSAVA material is copyrighted); exact step labels, element names, and the 4/5 BCS cutoff are anchored verbatim. See also `companion_practical_wsava_bcs_dog` / `_cat`.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/wsava/implementing_nutrition_guidelines.txt` and `pdf-raw/wsava/nutritional_assessment_checklist.txt` (landed 2026-08-09).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — paraphrase mode)\n- `Easy as 1-2-3`\n- `Incorporate a nutritional`\n- `Screening Evaluation:`\n- `Nutritional history/`\n- `activity level`\n- `condition score`\n- `Muscle Condition Score:`\n- `extended evaluation`\n- `Current body condition score* _____/9`\n- `Body condition score less than 4 or greater than 5 (on 9-pt scale)`\n- `Snacks, treats, table food > 10% of total calories`\n","sources":["WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines 2018 — WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines (retrieved 2026-08-11)"],"source":{"authority":"WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines 2018","title":"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines","url":"https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/","retrieved":"2026-08-11","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines (checklist + 1-2-3 implementation leaflet)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/wsava/implementing_nutrition_guidelines.txt ; pdf-raw/wsava/nutritional_assessment_checklist.txt"},"source_document":"WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines (checklist + 1-2-3 implementation leaflet)","source_file":"pdf-raw/wsava/implementing_nutrition_guidelines.txt ; pdf-raw/wsava/nutritional_assessment_checklist.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":360,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}