Heart to Heart: Optimal Nutrition for Animals with Heart Disease
Nutrition is an important part of the treatment for dogs and cats with heart disease. In the past, when few cardiac medications were available, restriction of salt in the diet...
Nutrition is an important part of the treatment for dogs and cats with heart disease. In the past, when few cardiac medications were available, restriction of salt in the diet...
...also have the potential to affect the metabolism of other nutrients. For example, the bioavailability and metabolism of taurine is different in a lamb-based diet compared to a chicken-based diet...
...beneficial bacteria) in pet food has any health benefits and one study showed that none of the diets tested actually had live bacteria present, despite being listed in the ingredient...
...in dogs and cats (much of the information is based on humans), aging is typically associated with lower energy requirements and the tendency to gain fat and lose muscle. Immune...
...diets, there really hasn’t been any good information available on even the basics such as how do the nutrient levels and ingredients (other than grains) compare to more traditional grain-containing...
...that requires medication and a therapeutic diet to help manage the disease. But the therapeutic diets available did not meet all of his nutritional requirements during this sensitive period of...
...processing protocols compared to over-the-counter diets, which may have more batch to batch variability. It is also generally easier to obtain specific nutrient information from the manufacturer. You and your...
...based on marketing buzzwords like “no corn”, “grain-free”, “high protein”, “molasses-free”, and many more. I’ve also come across many filters with even more vague and subjective criteria. When I selected...
...has muscle loss? You should learn to assess both BCS and muscle condition score (MCS). This is something that every pet owner can do with some training (see links for...
...will be included. Romano FR, Heinze CR, Barber LG, Mason JB, Freeman LM. Association between body condition score and cancer prognosis in dogs with lymphoma and osteosarcoma. J Vet Intern...