Exotic Animal Formulary5

Calculation of Enteral Feeding Requirements for Birds. 624
When dealing with a debilitated patient that must be tube fed more than once or twice, it is always
prudent to make sure you are meeting its caloric requirements.
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) (kcal/day) = kW 0.75
Maintenance energy requirements (MER) (kcal/day) = (1.5 × BMR)
k = kcal/kg/day constant (nonpasserines = 78, passerines = 129)
• Calculate MER
• Adjust the MER value for debilitated patients, taking their specific clinical condition into account
For instance, an adjustment for sepsis is made by multiplying by 1.5.
Most manufacturers of critical care diets provide information on caloric content (see below); if they do
not, call them and ask (see Table 5-41).
Product
(Manufacturer)
Protein (%) Fat (%) Fiber (%) CHO
(NFE) a
Label
Claim
(min)
Dry
Matter
Basis
Label
Claim
(min)
Dry
Matter
Basis
Label
Claim
(max)
Dry
Matter
Basis
(%)
Dry
Matter
Basis
Caloric
Content
(kcal)
a/d Canine/Feline
Critical Care
(Hill’s)
Carnivore Care
(Oxbow)
CliniCare
Canine/Feline
Liquid Diet
(Abbott)
Emeraid
Carnivore
(Lafeber)
8.5 44.2 6.6 30.4 0.5 1.3 15.4 1.3/mL
45 — 32 — 3 — — 0.8/mL
8.2 35.1 5.1 22.2 0.1 0.4 29.5 1/mL
37.8 — 34 — 4.5 — — 5.14 kcal/g
Emeraid
19 — 9.5 — 32 — — 3.04 kcal/g
(Lafeber) c
Herbivore
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