Nutritional assessment uses an iterative process to make specific diet recommendations tailored to individual dogs and cats.

Good nutrition is essential to ensure a strong immune system throughout the life of cats and dogs. Age, disease or stress can all affect the immune system. Diet plays an important role to optimize immune function and ultimately strengthen the natural defense and immune response.

Muscle condition scoring is a hands-on method for evaluating lean body mass that can be used as part of nutritional assessments.