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Stomaching the Problem: Could Your Pet Have Bilious Vomiting Syndrome?
What is Bilious Vomiting Syndrome? Bilious vomiting syndrome (BVS) is a term sometimes used to describe a condition where dogs vomit yellow fluid (called bile) or froth but not food...
How Often Should I Feed My Pet?
...access the food have an ideal body condition score and can maintain it even with free access to food. Free-feeding can easily lead to overconsumption and obesity, and all of...
What Treats Can I Give my Dog with Calcium Oxalate Stones?
...items is the best way to reduce risk of future stones. These specially formulated diets have been tested as the only food source. This means that adding any food items,...
Research Review: Comparing “senior” and “adult” cat diets
...in nutrient levels of senior foods, and the big variability in health that can be seen in older pets. These points were really brought home in a recent study that...
When your baby isn’t such a baby anymore – when to switch to adult foods
...well on the food. If your puppy or kitten is getting a bit pudgy or you find you need to feed a lot less than the guidelines on the food...
Test your Nutrition Know-How for Cats with Kidney Disease
...acids are often higher. These “kidney diets” typically are also less acidifying than typical cat foods. Despite the fact that commercial kidney diets have been available (at least for dogs)...
What are the best foods and treats for my pet’s dental health?
...has a couple rules: ‘Foods and treats bearing claims to whiten or cleanse/freshen teeth by abrasive or mechanical actions are not objectionable,’ but ‘foods and treats implying drug claims or...
Good Bugs/Bad Bugs – The Confusing World of Probiotic Supplements
...“premium” dry pet foods advertise the inclusion of probiotics in their formulations, but there is no evidence that these foods provide a benefit to pets over foods that do not...
Clinical Nutrition Service
ALL ABOUT PET FOOD Learn about pet food, how to read labels, about supplements, treats and much more. LEARN MORE PET NUTRITION BASICS All animals have basic nutritional needs that...