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- Nutritional Assessment Checklist
- To be completed by the pet owner.
- To be completed by the health care team:
- Current body condition score* _____/9
- Muscle Condition Score:
- Screening evaluation checklist
- Pets that are healthy and without risk factors need no additional extended evaluation
- Nutritional screening risk factors (extended evaluation is OPTIONAL)
- Nutritional screening risk factors (extended evaluation is MANDATORY)
- Age of >7 years
- Snacks, treats, table food > 10% of total calories
- Unconventional diet (e.g., raw, homemade, vegetarian, unfamiliar)
- Inadequate or inappropriate housing
- Body condition score less than 4 or greater than 5 (on 9-pt scale)
- World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) 2013
Notes
WSAVA's Nutritional Assessment Checklist (© World Small Animal Veterinary Association 2013) structures the nutritional assessment into an owner-completed diet history and a health-care-team completion covering body condition score (BCS, /9) and muscle condition score (MCS, /5). The screening evaluation separates risk factors where extended evaluation is OPTIONAL from those where it is MANDATORY (e.g. history of altered gastrointestinal function, ongoing medical conditions, medications/supplements, unconventional diet, snacks/treats/table food > 10% of calories, inadequate housing, BCS <4 or >5 on the 9-point scale, muscle wasting).