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Gastrointestinal Disorders
Short-term diet modification is an important part of any treatment plan for acute gastroenteropathy.
1 min to 5 min
Nutrition and feeding practices are critical to the supportive care of dogs with megaesophagus.
Feeding practices and environmental management may help reduce the risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) development.
Diet modification is a key component of therapeutic plans for managing dogs and cats with intestinal dysbiosis.
Short-term diet modification is an important part of managing acute gastroenteropathy in cats.
Water, dietary fiber and diet digestibility are important to the nutritional management of cats with constipation, obstipation and megacolon.
Nutritional Assessment
The only way to know what each patient really eats is to ask ꟷ and document the information in the medical record.
This short, screening diet history form is a practical, easy-to-use document that can help clients provide important information about their pets’ diets.
Pets should be evaluated for the presence of nutrition-related risk factors as part of a screening nutritional assessment.