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...
...to purchase a good quality commercial diet, especially for a large dog. Many high quality commercial diets for dogs can be purchased for $1.50 a pound or less, whereas there...
...old kitten). If the statement says that the diet is for “intermittent or supplement use,” it’s not nutritionally complete and balanced for adults or growing animals. This is ok for...
...also taking supplements that contained a lot of potassium, in addition to the amount in the diet. The drug plus the added potassium caused his blood levels of potassium to...
...cats have more than one health condition that may benefit from nutritional changes and this makes selection of an optimal diet even more complicated. A common example is cats with...
...grocery store (or pet boutique!) is a good choice. Wherever you buy your pet’s food, it’s critical that the food you select is one made by a manufacturer with strong...
...show, although the show hasn’t yet been posted online. Dr. Cailin Heinze Dr. Heinze has been busy teaching veterinary students this spring, but is scheduled to speak at a...
...of companies. Commercial raw diets are typically frozen or freeze-dried but some can even look like regular dry food (e.g., diets with a raw meat coating or kibble mixed with...
...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/...
...personal or commercial endorsement is permitted on a pet food or specialty pet food label provided the endorsement is not false or misleading.” (https://www.aafco.org/resources/startups/labeling-labeling-requirements/). So, while this does allow a...