Much Ado About Therapeutic Diets
...safe to feed to healthy animals, pets that develop stones should be closely monitored because the diets are not 100% effective and stones can block urine outflow and cause life-threatening...
...safe to feed to healthy animals, pets that develop stones should be closely monitored because the diets are not 100% effective and stones can block urine outflow and cause life-threatening...
...referring veterinarian or employed by a veterinary practice. If you have difficulty filling out the online form, you may download and submit the Consult Request Form as a Word Document...
...order of weight) but it’s also used as a powerful form of marketing to pet owners. Namely, manufacturers include ingredients that will appeal to pet owners but probably don’t provide...
...to www.acvn.org) or the European College of Veterinary Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN link to http://www.esvcn.eu/college). These are veterinarians who have undergone several years of rigorous post-graduate nutrition training in approved residency...
...far fewer than the more than 100 in human medicine). A Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist is unique in that we incorporate the medical knowledge from having a veterinary degree with...
We’ve discussed how many treats your pet can receive per day and a few human foods that are healthy or harmful for your pet, but I’ve seen a few families...
...to purchase the food in a store or online (including shipping time) and to do a gradual transition to a new diet. One of my dogs has some medical issues...
...cats, a veterinary therapeutic diet low in iodine may be all that’s required to control symptoms. How does a low-iodine diet work? In order to produce thyroid hormone (thyroxine),...
...in the pet food aisle, ask yourself: Does this food sound like something I’d order in a fancy restaurant? Is this label or the company’s other marketing material trying to...
...in the investigation: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/report-problem/how-report-pet-food-complaint. Additional Resources Previous Petfoodology posts on diet-associated DCM A broken heart: Risk of heart disease in boutique or grain-free diets and exotic ingredients (6/4/2018): https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/06/a-broken-heart-risk-of-heart-disease-in-boutique-or-grain-free-diets-and-exotic-ingredients/...