Nicole Frost Nyquist

Veterinarian with a European specialization in clinical and comparative nutrition (Dipl. ECVCN) and a doctorate in nutrition. 

I am a European specialist in clinical and comparative nutrition, having completed my residency at the University Hospital for Family Animals in Copenhagen. After my time in small animal practice, I worked as a veterinary manager for a feed company before earning my doctorate at NMBU. My doctoral thesis focused on the use of omega-3 and omega-6 in the diet and antioxidants (selenium) on the nutritional composition of chicken meat, as well as the effect of these nutrients on gastrointestinal health in chickens. 

I have previously worked as a small animal veterinarian, in addition to practice with production animals and horses, and was a co-owner of a veterinary clinic. Since 2007, I have exclusively focused on general and clinical nutrition. After my doctorate, I worked as a R&D manager for swine feed and as a veterinary nutritionist and responsible for supplement feed in veterinary dermatological practice, focusing on dogs and cats with skin, gastrointestinal, and allergy problems. Here, I worked directly with patients and veterinarians, as well as with labeling and quality of supplement feed and omega-3 fish oil supplements for dogs and cats. 

Since 2018, I have been working as a veterinarian and Associate Professor at the Department of Paraclinical Sciences and am affiliated with the Nutrition and Health research group at NMBU Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

My main focus is on clinical nutrition for dogs, cats, as well as nutrition for pigs and poultry.  On a daily basis, I am responsible for teaching general- and clinical nutrition for veterinary and veterinary nursing students, and have consultations with referred patients to optimize individually tailored homemade diets for both healthy and sick dogs and cats. 

My research focus is on the use of raw materials and supplements for horses, pigs, and dogs, as well as the importance of nutrition and raw materials on gastrointestinal health in relation to stress in animals.