Definition

• Loss or lack of appetite and voluntary food intake.
• Anorexia may be partial (hyporexia, less than 100% of typical daily intake) or complete (0% of typical daily intake).
  Print off the owner factsheet on Anorexia - what to do when your dog won't eat Anorexia - what to do when your dog won't eat to give to your client.

Causes

Diagnostic work-up

Monitoring

When to intervene

Treatment

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Parker V J & Freeman L M (2013) Comparison of various solutions to dissolve critical care diet clots. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 23 (3), 344-347 PubMed.
• Chan D L & Freeman L M (2006) Nutrition in critical illness. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 36 (6), 1225-41, v-vi PubMed.
• Chan D L (2004) Nutritional requirements of the critically ill patient. Clin Tech Small Anim Pract 19 (1), 1-5 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Fascetti A J & Delaney S J (eds) (2012) Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition. Enteral Nutrition and Tube Feeding. Larsen J A, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.,West Sussex, UK. pp 329-352.
• Hand M S et al (eds) (2010) Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, 5th Edition. Critical Care Nutrition and Enteral-Assisted Feeding. Saker K, Remillard R, Mark Morris Institute, Topeka, Kansas. pp 439-477.
• Laflamme D (1997) Development and validation of a body condition score system for dogs. Canine Practice 22, 10-15.