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NUTR117-0123: Nutrition, Feeding Management, and Care of Neonatal Puppies and Kittens

The lectures for this course will be presented via the Zoom webinar platform.

Presenters: Catherine Lenox, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Brianne Morrow, LVT, VTS (Nutrition)
Course Open: January 12-29, 2023
Real Time Sessions (RTS): Thursday, January 19, 2023; 8:00-10:00 ET (USA) World Clock Converter
Total CE Credit: 2
RACE Category: 2 hours Medical


Enrollment is closed.  

Tuition: Member $46 ($41 early bird special if enrolled by December 29, 2022)
Non-Member $110 ($99 early bird special if enrolled by December 29, 2022)
Prices are listed in US dollars.


Course Information:
In this course, we’ll discuss nutrition for neonatal puppies and kittens with a focus on caring for orphaned or fostered pre-weaning puppies and kittens and on neonatal puppies and kittens with a failure to thrive. Two aspects of nutritional management – diet and feeding management – in addition to monitoring tools are vitally important for the survival for neonates. To increase everyone’s comfort level with these difficult and high-need cases, we’ve combined knowledge from a board-certified veterinary nutritionist and a veterinary technician specialist in nutrition to cover all aspects of caring for neonatal puppies and kittens from a nutrition, feeding management, and husbandry perspective.


Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the participant should be able to
  • Understand how to care for orphaned or fostered neonatal puppies and kittens and neonates with a failure to thrive
  • Identify causes of neonatal mortality and important monitoring tools for neonates
  • Discuss nutritional management of neonatal puppies and kittens from a diet and feeding management perspective


Level and Prerequisites: This basic VIN CE course is open for enrollment to veterinarians and veterinary technicians/technologists interested in neonatal nutrition.
Accreditation: This course is approved for 2 hours of continuing education credit by RACE for veterinarians and veterinary technicians/technologists. (RACE 20-953994)


Course Agenda:

Week 1 (Real Time Session January 19, 2023): Nutrition, Feeding Management, and Care of Neonatal Puppies and Kittens


Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.


Enrollment is closed.  

Tuition: Member $46 ($41 early bird special if enrolled by December 29, 2022)
Non-Member $110 ($99 early bird special if enrolled by December 29, 2022)
Prices are listed in US dollars.


*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on January 12, 2022 at 5 pm ET (USA) or when the maximum number of participants is reached.

*For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.


Enrollment qualifications:
  1. VIN CE Courses:
    1. VIN CE courses are open to VIN member, VIN student member, and non-member veterinarians.
    2. Veterinary support staff must be VSPN members in order to enroll in a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
  2. VSPN CE Courses:
    1. VSPN CE courses are open to veterinary support staff and veterinarians.
    2. Only VIN and VSPN members can enroll in a VSPN CE course.
    3. Veterinarians will only receive credit for those VSPN CE courses that specify in the Accreditation statement that the course is accredited for veterinarians.
  3. Please check the course Level and Prerequisites, Accreditation, and Tuition before enrolling.
  4. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses.
    1. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
  5. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 797 or email CEonVIN@vin.com. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.


Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course. If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN office 800-846-0028 ext. 797 to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.

*For more information on VIN's upcoming CE courses, check the VIN Course Catalog.

Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
VIN Education Director

VIN CE Services: CEonVIN@vin.com
800-846-0028 or 530-756-4881; ext. 797
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01 45 222 6154
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from Australia: 02 6145 2357