THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

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 managing struvite urolithiasis and reducing the risk of recurrence in cats.

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

Diet may play a role in developmental orthopedic conditions and in management of secondary osteoarthritis.

Nutrition plays an important role in managing idiopathic cystitis and reducing the risk of recurrence.

Nutrition plays an important role in reducing the risk of recurrence of calcium oxalate urolithiasis in cats.

Although urinary tract infections are not directly affected by diet, they are associated with other conditions that are nutritionally responsive.

Nutritional support is an important part of a multimodal management plan for dogs with acute pancreatitis.

Dietary modification can be an important component of a long-term management plan for dogs with chronic pancreatitis.

Diet elimination trials are the gold standard for the diagnosis of food allergies and food intolerances.

Diet may play a role in hip dysplasia and in management of secondary osteoarthritis.

Cachexia is the loss of lean body mass and body weight that occurs with disease, and targeted nutrition can help address this adverse condition.