The use of feeding tubes in the delivery of nutrition (calories and nutrients) is an important aspect to consider as part of the nutritional assessment. Consideration should be given to the calorific value required, the diet to be used (what diets are available), the form in which the diet is to be delivered, whether the animal can consume, digest, and absorb the diet, and the composition of the nutrients within the diet. We will review different forms of supportive feeding, feeding calculations, and refeeding syndrome.

This session originally was presented at AVMA Convention 2026.

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