Useful information about the needs of cats and dogs with nutritionally sensitive health conditions.
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Gastrointestinal Disorders
A diet change is the leading nutritional strategy for managing dogs with food-responsive enteropathy.
1 min to 5 min
Diet modification can play an important role in a multimodal approach to managing dogs with immunosuppressant-responsive enteropathy.
6 min to 10 min
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.
Abnormal Body Condition
Obesity has many adverse impacts on pet health. Dietary therapy is a cornerstone of weight management in dogs and cats.
Cachexia is the loss of lean body mass and body weight that occurs with disease, and targeted nutrition can help address this adverse condition.
Sarcopenia is the age-related loss of lean body mass that occurs unrelated to disease. Targeted nutrition may help delay some changes in body weight and body composition of older pets.
Diet plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of cats with food-responsive enteropathy.
Diet modification can play either a central or an adjunct role in a multimodal approach to managing cats with chronic enteropathy.