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.

Frédéric Gaschen, Dr.med.vet., Dr.habil., with Louisiana State University's School of Veterinary Medicine, explains when to suspect a dog's diet as a potential cause of chronic diarrhea and what to consider when choosing an elimination diet.​

Nutrition can play an important role in diagnosis and management of dogs with chronic enteropathy.

A diet change is the leading nutritional strategy for managing dogs with food-responsive enteropathy.

Diet modification can play an important role in a multimodal approach to managing dogs with immunosuppressant-responsive enteropathy.

Diet plays an important role in the management of dogs with protein-losing enteropathy.

Addition of dietary fiber is key to managing dogs with fiber-responsive colitis and chronic idiopathic large bowel diarrhea.

Learn about the history, uses, and benefits of amino acid-based enteral diets.

Diet plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of cats with food-responsive enteropathy.