Veterinarian Nutrition Consult Request Form
...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...
...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...
...grocery stores) Dry and wet “premium” diets (these are foods available at large pet chains and pet boutiques) “Fresh food” diets (these are generally purchased on a subscription basis online...
...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...
...of these modifications can be found in therapeutic diets that your veterinarian can provide to you or give you a prescription to purchase elsewhere. Unfortunately, diets that you can buy...
...on the back or side in very tiny font) “for intermittent or supplement use.” Unless this is a veterinary therapeutic (“prescription”) diet, this phrase means the diet is not nutritionally...
...a list of all the toxic foods you should never feed your pet (http://www.aspca.org). What are healthy chews for my pet? We recommend owners use crunchy vegetables as chews or...
...diets (these are generally purchased on a subscription basis online directly from the manufacturer) Raw diets (I chose freeze-dried raw because they are shelf stable and sold at similar stores...
...purchased by a pet owner online (and even sometimes shockingly, through a Groupon!) advertise that they can diagnose food allergies or “sensitivities”, there is no proof that they work. None...
...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/...
...information specific to your area, consider reaching out to the regulatory authorities in your region (https://www.aafco.org/consumers/understanding-pet-food/). What Does AAFCO Require for a ‘Veterinarian Recommended’ Claim? AAFCO Guidelines state that “A...