Pet nutrition
Overview
A key area of focus for AVMF is to provide support for educational initiatives that are important to the profession and to the health of animals. AVMF helps build strong relationships between the veterinary care team and the pet owner.
Pet Nutrition Alliance:
Optimal nutrition for every pet
AVMF is proud to support the Pet Nutrition Alliance (PNA) and its efforts to promote the importance of nutrition. PNA is a worldwide collaboration of nine veterinary organizations that offers valuable resources to the veterinary healthcare team.
AVMF is proud to support the Pet Nutrition Alliance (PNA) and its efforts to promote the importance of nutrition. PNA is a worldwide collaboration of nine veterinary organizations that offers valuable resources to the veterinary healthcare team.
PNA resources
Calorie calculator tools
Make nutritional assessments and recommendations. These tools can help you share vital information along with a take-home worksheet.
Extensive library
Quickly search and find answers for a wide range of nutrition-related issues.
Patient assessment
Perform a diet history, and assess the patient’s body condition and muscle condition score with PNA’s useful forms.
Nutrition plan
Provide a complete, balanced, and individualized diet and help pet owners choose the appropriate pet food.
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) members can find additional pet nutrition resources on the AVMA website. Below are just a few selections to get started. Not a member? Learn why more than 97,000 veterinary practitioners call AVMA their professional home.
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) members can find additional pet nutrition resources on the AVMA website. Below are just a few selections to get started. Not a member? Learn why more than 97,000 veterinary practitioners call AVMA their professional home.
AVMA policy and resources
AVMF educational outreach partners
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) would like to recognize and thank the educational outreach partners who have contributed to our efforts and are working to provide critical outreach to veterinary professionals and pet owners.
Thank you to these partners for working with AVMF to bring tools and resources to provide healthy diets for pets to larger audiences. Together we build bridges of knowledge and information for veterinary professional(s) and the pet-owning public.