THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

The terms “food allergy” and “food intolerance” are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. How do they compare, and how are they diagnosed and managed?

Nutritional interventions tailored to the individual cat with CKD can play a key role in slowing disease progression, reducing signs of uremia, addressing homeostatic changes resulting from CKD, and improving quality of life as well as life span.

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

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

Feeding a diet containing medium chain triglycerides may be a useful adjunct to anticonvulsant medications in dogs with refractory idiopathic epilepsy.

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

Diet modification is a key component of therapeutic plans for managing dogs and cats with intestinal dysbiosis.

Cachexia is the loss of lean body mass and body weight that occurs with disease, and targeted nutrition can help address this adverse condition.

Watch this video to learn how a novel nutritional approach can help in the management of canine epilepsy.

Nutrition and feeding practices are critical to the supportive care of dogs with megaesophagus.

Multimodal strategies that include targeted nutrition may help manage signs and slow progression of cognitive dysfunction syndrome in dogs.

Feeding practices and environmental management may help reduce the risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) development.