Guides and Resources
Feeding Guides
Canine feeding guidelines
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Canine Intensive Care tube and syringe feeding
Canine Sustain tube and syringe feeding
Combined IC and Sustain Feeding guidelines WALL CHART
Mixing Instructions for adults and puppies
How to make high kcal bite sized balls
Exotics feeding guidelines
Storage and Preparation of EmerAid
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Upon arrival, store EmerAid in a cool, dry space, and refrigerate powder after opening.
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EmerAid has an 18-month shelf life from the time of production
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EmerAid HDN lasts 1 month in the fridge once opened
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EmerAid Exotics lasts 6 months in the fridge once opened
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EmerAid has been scientifically designed for extremely high digestibility. Handle product carefully and avoid contamination, which can lead to bacterial overgrowth.
-Keep Dry
-Use a clean, dry scoop
-Do not cross-contaminate with scoops used for non-EmerAid foods.
Articles and research information
Bolus feeding vs. CRI feeding
Gonzalez et al, Intermittent versus continuous enteral nutrition attenuates increases in insulin and leptin during short-term bed rest. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2020 Sep;120(9):2083-2094.
Patel JJ, Rosenthal MD, Heyland DK. Intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill adults. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2018 Mar;21(2):116-120
Protein delivery in intermittent and continuous enteral nutrition with a protein-rich formula in critically ill patients-a protocol for the prospective randomized controlled proof-of-concept Protein Bolus
Nutrition (Pro BoNo) study. Trials. 2020 Aug 25;21(1):740
Ichimaru S. Methods of Enteral Nutrition Administration in Critically Ill Patients: Continuous, Cyclic, Intermittent, and Bolus Feeding, NCP Nut in Clin Prac. 2018 Dec 33 (6) 790-795
WEBINARS
Forbes NA. Optimising post-surgical outcome with appropriate nutritional and fluid support. Proc Brit Vet Zool Society Edinburgh Conference. 2012.
Huynh M, Brandao J, Sabater M, LVM, Forbes NA. Pharyngostomy tubes as a method of nutritional management in raptors: Case series. Proc Assoc Avian Vet Lake Worth. Florida, 2012. P. 33.
Huynh M, Brandao J, Sabater M, LVM, Forbes NA. Esophagostomy tube as a method of nutritional management in raptors: Case series. J Avian Med Surg: In Press.