Knowledge Awards audio overview: Inpatient feeding audit by Wildbore Vetstop

About this episode

Amy Wells from Wildbore Vetstop discusses a team audit on inpatient feeding practices.

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview, Amy Wells from Wildbore Vetstop describes the team audit that investigated the use of feeding plans, Resting Energy Requirements (RER), inappetence rates, interventions, and the types of food offered to inpatients. The team at Wildbore Vetstop were awarded Champion in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge QI in Practice Awards. Read the transcript.

People in this episode

Guest: Amy Wells

Topics covered

• inpatient feeding
• veterinary audit
• feeding plans
• Resting Energy Requirements
• inappetence rates
• interventions

Keywords

• inpatient feeding
• veterinary medicine
• feeding plans
• RER
• inappetence
• veterinary audit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wildbore Vetstop

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