THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

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.

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.

Nutrition can be incorporated in a multimodal approach to managing atopic dermatitis in pets.

Nutritional management usually leads to resolution of clinical signs for dogs with zinc-responsive dermatosis.

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 diagnosis and management of dogs with chronic enteropathy.

A diet change is the leading nutritional strategy for managing dogs with food-responsive enteropathy.

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