...“limited ingredient” diets and many over-the-counter “limited ingredient” diets contain more ingredients than their name implies. If your pet’s diet history is incomplete (for example, if you adopted your dog...
...address this issue. It’s difficult to get pets to eat well if they’re feeling nauseous. Go into it with a positive attitude. Pets are very intuitive and if they sense...
...in humans. Type 2 is much more common in people and is associated with obesity (this is also the kind of diabetes that cats usually get) and the body becoming...
...if there is no infection present. Calcium oxalate Calcium oxalate stones frequently occur in certain breeds of dog (e.g. Yorkies, miniature schnauzers, shih tzus) and also in cats. They cannot...
...Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum in Washington, DC, in June. Her lectures included a research talk and two talks on nutritional management of pets with heart disease. She also spoke on...
...to me. In my 20 years as a veterinary nutritionist, I’ve seen vast improvements in our knowledge about pet nutrition, in the quality of commercial pet foods, and in our...
...similar clinical signs and there is no one test that can be used to diagnose it. If you notice behavioral changes in your pets as they age, it is important...
...if it’s nutritionally complete and balanced (it’s probably not). 3. Exotic ingredients I’ve also been reading ingredient lists a great deal in recent months because of our investigations on diet-associated...
...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...
...take into account the amount. The amount in the veterinary diets is enough, whereas the amount in most over-the-counter diets is much too low to have a benefit. Glucosamine...