THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

When unexplained weight loss occurs, assess the pet’s diet, energy needs, and appetite. Targeted nutrition can help the pet regain a healthy weight and body condition.

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.

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

Obesity has many adverse impacts on pet health. Dietary therapy is a cornerstone of weight management in dogs and cats.

Nutrition is integral to the successful management of diabetic cats.

In addition to medical management, intensive nutritional support is essential for cats diagnosed with cholangitis.

Nutritional support is a valuable adjunct in the management of dogs with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.

Diet plays a key role in the management of copper-associated hepatitis.

Water, dietary fiber and diet digestibility are important to the nutritional management of cats with constipation, obstipation and megacolon.

Nutrition plays an important role in a multimodal management plan for cats with pancreatitis.

Diet modification can play either a central or an adjunct role in a multimodal approach to managing cats with chronic enteropathy.

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