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On the Importance of Putting the Right Fuel into the Engine
Nutrition
Preface O n t h e I m p o r t a n c e of P u t t i n g the Right Fuel into the Engine
Jo¨rg Mayer, DVM, MSc, DABVP (ECM), DECZM (small mammal) Editor
Every engine needs a specific kind of fuel to operate at an optimal level. Exactly the same is true in biology. The different species of animals need their specialized fuel to function well. Nearly every day you can read some new story on how important certain foods are for human health or how poor food is linked to various diseases or pathologies. We are just in the beginning of translating this knowledge to our patients. I personally find animal nutrition one of the most interesting but also one of the most challenging topics in veterinary medicine. When asked to be an editor for an issue of the series, it was an easy choice for me to pick Nutrition as the topic. I was also pleased to see that the May 2014 issue of the series was on Gasteroenterology, which make a perfect couple. I am very excited about this issue in your hands (or on your screen), as I was able to recruit excellent authors to bring you up-to-date and clinically important information. I truly feel blessed to be working with such great colleagues, who love to share their knowledge and expertise with us. One of the great aspects of exotic animal medicine is the constant growth of new information, which has the potential to truly impact the well-being of many generations of exotic pets. We are also currently experiencing an exciting era in the pet food industry as more and more companies are catering to our requests to offer specialty foods for our exotic pets. While we are still far behind regarding the situation when compared with products offered for domesticated pets, the gap is being slowly but surely closed, as every year more specialty nutrition products are being offered. I am convinced that the current issue of the series offers important and significant information on a vast variety of topics regarding nutrition. I hope that you will find this issue an exciting read, and hopefully the authors are able to encourage all of us to continue to keep nutrition on our daily radar and also to be able to communicate the importance to the owners of these exotic pets as they have the power to prevent many diseases with the right nutrition. I clearly learned a lot about Vet Clin Exot Anim 17 (2014) ix–x http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cvex.2014.06.001 vetexotic.theclinics.com 1094-9194/14/$ – see front matter Ó 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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nutrition during the editing process and I hope that I can pass this important information on to the owners and to directly implement this in my daily clinical routine. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the authors who contributed to this issue as they clearly took a large amount of time out of their busy schedules to make us all better veterinarians, help our patients, and thereby look great to others! Imagine me singing an emotional version of Wayne Newton’s “Danke scho¨n” here! Jo¨rg Mayer, DVM, MSc, DABVP (ECM), DECZM (small mammal) Zoological Medicine University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine 501 D. W. Brooks Drive Athens, GA 30602, USA E-mail address: [email protected]
Preface O n t h e I m p o r t a n c e of P u t t i n g the Right Fuel into the Engine
Jo¨rg Mayer, DVM, MSc, DABVP (ECM), DECZM (small mammal) Editor
Every engine needs a specific kind of fuel to operate at an optimal level. Exactly the same is true in biology. The different species of animals need their specialized fuel to function well. Nearly every day you can read some new story on how important certain foods are for human health or how poor food is linked to various diseases or pathologies. We are just in the beginning of translating this knowledge to our patients. I personally find animal nutrition one of the most interesting but also one of the most challenging topics in veterinary medicine. When asked to be an editor for an issue of the series, it was an easy choice for me to pick Nutrition as the topic. I was also pleased to see that the May 2014 issue of the series was on Gasteroenterology, which make a perfect couple. I am very excited about this issue in your hands (or on your screen), as I was able to recruit excellent authors to bring you up-to-date and clinically important information. I truly feel blessed to be working with such great colleagues, who love to share their knowledge and expertise with us. One of the great aspects of exotic animal medicine is the constant growth of new information, which has the potential to truly impact the well-being of many generations of exotic pets. We are also currently experiencing an exciting era in the pet food industry as more and more companies are catering to our requests to offer specialty foods for our exotic pets. While we are still far behind regarding the situation when compared with products offered for domesticated pets, the gap is being slowly but surely closed, as every year more specialty nutrition products are being offered. I am convinced that the current issue of the series offers important and significant information on a vast variety of topics regarding nutrition. I hope that you will find this issue an exciting read, and hopefully the authors are able to encourage all of us to continue to keep nutrition on our daily radar and also to be able to communicate the importance to the owners of these exotic pets as they have the power to prevent many diseases with the right nutrition. I clearly learned a lot about Vet Clin Exot Anim 17 (2014) ix–x http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cvex.2014.06.001 vetexotic.theclinics.com 1094-9194/14/$ – see front matter Ó 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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nutrition during the editing process and I hope that I can pass this important information on to the owners and to directly implement this in my daily clinical routine. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the authors who contributed to this issue as they clearly took a large amount of time out of their busy schedules to make us all better veterinarians, help our patients, and thereby look great to others! Imagine me singing an emotional version of Wayne Newton’s “Danke scho¨n” here! Jo¨rg Mayer, DVM, MSc, DABVP (ECM), DECZM (small mammal) Zoological Medicine University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine 501 D. W. Brooks Drive Athens, GA 30602, USA E-mail address: [email protected]