Dr Vet Geraldine Blanchard Academic Background
Diplomas and Titles
Diplomate European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition
PhD (research on lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism and hepatic lipidosis in cats)
French academic certification (Agregation) of Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire (France)
Master in Nutrition (INA-PG & Aix-Marseille)
Doctor Veterinary Medicine (ENVA, Maisons Alfort, France) (1994)
Professional experience
A Specialist in Veterinary Clinical Nutrition
Since 2018 : CEO & President Vet Nutrition Coach SAS, an independent continuing education organization in Animal Nutrition dedicated to veterinarians and animal health professionals
Liberal exercise: specialized consultations in Clinical Nutrition in Antony-92 (Veterinary Office of the Market)
2008: Designer of cuisine-a-crocs.com
Since 2007: CEO & Manager of Animal Nutrition Expertise SARL, advice, training and information in Animal Nutrition
2007: Senior Lecturer (Nutrition) at University of Queensland -School of Veterinary Sciences, Brisbane, Australia
2003-2006 : Contract Professor in Clinical Nutrition at the National Veterinary School of Alfort (France)
1999-2002 : Clinical Nutrition Consultation Officer at the National Veterinary School of Alfort (France)
Vet Geraldine Blanchard
Dr Vet Geraldine Blanchard's career in detail
Specialist in clinical nutrition, veterinarian and scientist by training Dr.Vet. Géraldine Blanchard has also been a nutrition consultant since 2000.
Graduated in 1994 from the National Veterinary School of Alfort, and the same year, Veterinary Doctor and Laureate of the Faculty of Medicine of Créteil for her thesis on the role of minerals and vitamins in the growth of foals.
Doctorate in nutrition (PhD) after research on lipoprotein metabolism in cats in hepatic lipidosis, Agrégée d’Alimentation des ENV in 2000 (french academic habilitation), she is in 2002 Diplomate European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN).
Pioneer in animal clinical nutrition, she developed the service at ENVA, then in Australia. Back in France, she created in 2008 Cuisine-a-crocs.com, an internet service, in order to offer veterinarians but also petowners (only when their pet is healthy) of dogs and cats individual recipes tailor-made calculated by a specialist.
Initially mostly calculated manually, Dr. Blanchard gradually created algorithms and an expert system to be able to respond more effectively to a wider demand, with now more than 140 clinical situations available. At a time when it was not of interest to manufacturers, she created a range of nutritional supplements to balance household and mixed rations, Vit’i5, in Europe and more recently in Australia.
The Idea
To produce locally to avoid transportation.
Why Australia ?
“A true love story with this country. And because it is the country where household food is very popular. Friends managed to convince me that we could propose solutions, and at least Viti’t5, as in Europe to balance household and mixed rations.”
Lectures and teachings
INTERNATIONAL (the most recent ones): lectures from Vet Geraldine Blanchard
2024
ECVIM-CA Annual Congress 5-7 September. 2024, Lyon
- Round table: Geraldine Blanchard ( FR), Ricardo Souza Vasconcellos (BR), Guido Bosch (NL): “Sustainability in pet food industry”
Integrative Veterinary Conferences Australia (IVCA), 17-20 October 2024, Melbourne, Australia
- Chronic Enteropathies – how to adapt the diet? Dealing with digestive troubles
- Homemade or mixed diet – Application to renal disease
- General approach and management of obesity – A road to success considering the pet owner, the pet, the food and the vet
XXIII CBNA PET Congress and the VII Workshop on Clinical Nutrition, 4-8 June 2024, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Alternative Diets: Assessment from a Medical and Scientific Point of View
- Laboratory Tests to Evaluate the Nutritional Condition of Dogs and Cats
- Challenges to Target Nutritional Composition and Safety in Homemade Diets
- Round Table on Ethical Concerns in Using Human Foods for Dogs and Cats
Journées Vétérinaires Suisse, April 25 2024, Bâle, Suisse
- Principales pathologies d’origine nutritionnelle du chien et du chat
AMVAC, March 15 2024, Madrid, Spain
- Reliability of commercial diets: How to advise an owner on a commercial diet?
- Alternative diets: Assessment from a medical and scientific point of view
- Nutrition in hospitalised patients: voluntary and tube feeding
- Diet selection in cases of comorbidities in cats
- Diet-responsive enteropathy and diet in chronic enteropathies
- Nutrition and weight control programmes. Nutritional management of obesity
2023
Journées vétérinaires Suisse, May 4 2023, Suisse
- “Petits animaux: Nouvelle tendance d’alimentation avec les croquettes à base de céréales”
2022
Webinars for Natural Veterinary Practitioners (Australia):
“Home-prepared diet”
- All you want to know about nutrition
- CKD in dogs and cats: how to feed in case of chronic kidney disease when petfood is not available or accepted?
Lectures for Pet Industry Nutrition Month, Asia Pacific Veterinary Specialist Institute (Hong Kong):
- Dog and Cat nutrition among the cycle of life
- Dog and Cat clinical nutrition
Symposium de la Corporation des Zoothérapeutes du Québec (Canada)
- Nutrition du chien et du chat, animal d’un zoothérapeute
2021
OSU Society for Veterinary Nutrition, Oklahoma (USA)
- Home-prepared diet – Wet Lab
NVC (WSAVA) St Petersburg (Russia)
- Infertility in breeding kennels and cattery, or individual animals. Can it be due to nutritional imbalance? Problems on natural or commercial diets, how to catch and correct. Main mistakes.
2019
ASMA, Shanghai (China) – New developments in clinical nutrition
- Clinical nutrition for Skin disease
- Clinical nutrition for Food allergy
- Clinical nutrition for Constipation and Diarrhea
- Clinical nutrition for Renal Disease
- Clinical nutrition for Urinary cristals
Books and Articles
Books
– Lévy X, Séguéla J, Chaudieu G, Blanchard G, Paragon BM, Serres F, Mimouni P. Guide pratique de Pédiatrie Canine et Féline. Ed. Med’Com, Paris, 2016, p213.
– Geraldine Blanchard. Nutrition & Bien-Etre du Chien. [Nutrition & Welfare of the Dog] Collection Sport et Santé. Ed. Chiron, Paris, 2011, pp 139.
– Geraldine Blanchard & Bernard-Marie Paragon. L’alimentation des Chiens. [Feeding dogs] Ed. France Agricole, Paris, 2008, pp 206.
– Marina D’Arezzo & Geraldine Blanchard. Mon chien. 100 recettes diététiques et 1001 conseils [My Dog : 100 dietetic recipes and 1001 advices]. Ed. Minerva, Geneva (Swisseland), 2004, pp. 189.
– Coll. Guide des bonnes pratiques en Cardiologie Canine [Good Practices in Canine Cardiology]. Ed. Boehringer Ingelheim France SAS, 2010 pp.126.
Vet Geraldine Blanchard
Original scientific publications
Blanchard G, Amato C, André A, Bleis P, Ninet S, Zentek J, Nguyen P. Beneficial effects of a prescription home-prepared diet and of zucchini on urine calcium oxalate supersaturation and urinary parameters in adult cats. J Feline Med Surg. 2022 Feb 10:1098612X211067931. doi: 10.1177/1098612X211067931. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35142590.
Blanchard G, Marsot M, Bourassin R, Paragon BM, Benet JJ, Linsart A. Characterisation of the French ferret population, husbandry, reported medical care and feeding habits. J Nutr Sci. 2018;7:e4.
Salaun F, Blanchard G, Le Paih L, Roberti F, Niceron C. Impact of macronutrient composition and palatability in wet diets on food selection in cats. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2017;101(2):320-328
Blanchard G, Grandjean D, Paragon BM. Calculation of a dietary plan for puppies. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2009;80(1-5):54-59.
Lepeule J, Bareille N, Robert C, Ezanno P, Valette JP, Jacquet S, Blanchard G, Denoix JM, Seegers H. Association of growth, feeding practices and exercise conditions with the prevalence of Developmental Orthopaedic Disease in limbs of French foals at weaning. Prev Vet Med. 2009;89(3-4):167-77.
Colliard L, Ancel J, Benet JJ, Paragon B-M, Blanchard G. Risk factors for obesity in dogs in France. J. Nutr. 2006;136(7 Suppl):1951S-1954S.
Martineau AS, Leray V, Lepoudere A, Blanchard G, Bensalem J, Gaudout D, Ouguerram K, Nguyen P; Neurophenols Consortium. A mixed grape and blueberry extract is safe for dogs to consume. BMC Vet Res. 2016;12(1):162.
Lepeule J, Bareille N, Robert C, Valette JP, Jacquet S, Blanchard G, Denoix JM, Seegers H. Association of growth, feeding practices and exercise conditions with the severity of the osteoarticular status of limbs in French foals. Vet J. 2013;197(1):65-71
Colliard L, Paragon BM, Lemuet B, Bénet JJ, Blanchard G. Prevalence and risk factors of obesity in an urban population of healthy cats. J Feline Med Surg.2009;11:135-140.
Blanchard G, Nguyen P, Gayet C, Leriche I, Siliart B, Paragon BM. Rapid weight loss with a high-protein low-energy diet allows the recovery of ideal body composition and insulin sensitivity in obese dogs. J. Nutr. 2004;134(8 Suppl):2148S-2150S.
Blanchard G, Paragon BM, Sérougne C, Férézou J, Milliat F, Lutton C. Plasma lipids, lipoprotein composition and profile during induction and treatment of hepatic lipidosis in cats and the metabolic effect of one daily meal in healthy cats. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2004;88(3-4):73-87.
Blanchard G, Paragon BM, Milliat F, Lutton C Dietary L-carnitine supplementation in obese cats alters carnitine metabolism and decreased ketosis during fasting and induced hepatic lipidosis. J Nutr 2002;132, 204-210
My values
There are many ways to feed a dog and a cat. I see my role as a nutrition specialist as explaining how to feed while respecting the animal’s needs, whatever the situation may be.
#1 Loyalty
#2 Independence
#3 Kindness ad Respect
Respect of animals, respect of people. This is particularly important with and for our customers, but also with and for my team.
