Understanding the information on a pet food label can help when comparing and choosing pet foods.

Feeding guidelines are designed to help owners determine the quantity of food to feed their pets to ensure an optimal body condition, but owners may be unsure how to use them.

Read about the strategies, including nutrition, Bryan Torres, DVM, PhD, DACVS-SA, DACVSMR utilizes early in osteoarthritis management.

Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disorder in dogs and cats. Nutrition as a part of a multimodal management approach may help improve quality of life for pets with joint disease and may also be beneficial in supporting joint health in well pets.

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

Nutrition can play a key role in the management of osteoarthritis in dogs.

Diet may play a role in hip dysplasia and in management of secondary osteoarthritis.

Nutrition can play a key role in the management of osteoarthritis in cats.

Diet may play a role in developmental orthopedic conditions and in management of secondary osteoarthritis.