THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

Preventing and managing excess weight can help dogs and cats lead better, and importantly, longer lives.

Discover the importance of Lean Body Mass (LBM) in overall health for dogs and cats, and the role a high-protein diet can play in slowing LBM loss.

Management of obesity in cats

Idiopathic epilepsy is the #1 chronic neurologic condition diagnosed in dogs.

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.

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.

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.