Cats with heart disease often appear healthy until their heart is failing. Once diagnosed with heart failure, nutritional modifications can help support heart health.

Nutrition can play an important role in helping to manage the clinical signs that occur when the heart no longer adequately compensates for changes associated with heart disease.

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) caused by taurine deficiency in cats was once a common diagnosis for feline heart disease. Today, DCM accounts for less than 10% of feline heart disease. Good nutrition plays many roles in heart health.

Cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) often appear healthy. If clinical signs do occur, then nutritional modifications can be an important part of patient care.

The Purina Fecal Scoring Chart is a practical, easy-to-use tool that can help clients describe their pets’ stools.

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

Identifying which part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is involved is a first step in diagnosing GI problems.

A practical, easy-to-use chart that helps localize diarrhea to the small or large intestine.

A novel dietary intervention for dogs with early stage myxomatous mitral valve disease