Useful information about the needs of cats and dogs with nutritionally sensitive health conditions.
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Renal & Urinary Disorders
Nutritional management is a cornerstone of health care for cats with chronic kidney disease.
1 min to 5 min
Management of protein-losing nephropathy relies on nutritional modifications.
Nutrition plays an important role in reducing the risk of recurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in cats.
Brain & Cognitive Disorders
Nutrition may help reduce stress-related anxiety and behavioral disorders in pets.
Multimodal strategies that include targeted nutrition may help manage signs and slow progression of cognitive dysfunction syndrome in dogs.
Feeding a diet containing medium chain triglycerides may be a useful adjunct to anticonvulsant medications in dogs with refractory idiopathic epilepsy.
Dermatological Disorders
Nutritional management usually leads to resolution of clinical signs for dogs with zinc-responsive dermatosis.
Nutrition can be incorporated in a multimodal approach to managing atopic dermatitis in pets.