Nutritional management plays a key role in caring for dogs with chronic kidney disease.

Nutrition plays an important role in reducing the risk of recurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in dogs.

Nutrition can play an important role in the management of canine struvite urolithiasis.

Although urinary tract infections are not directly affected by diet, they are associated with other conditions that are nutritionally responsive.

Management of protein-losing nephropathy relies on nutritional modifications.

Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, explains the dangers of dehydration in cats with chronic kidney disease and provides strategies to help owners assess and address cat hydration status.

Read about the role of nutrition in the management of canine and feline chronic kidney disease, and about factors that impact food intake and renal diet acceptance in cats.