Cats are not Small Dogs: Unique Nutritional Needs of Cats
...gut and how available it is to the cat so it’s important to feed a diet that has been carefully formulated and tested. Vitamins: When it comes to vitamins, cats...
...gut and how available it is to the cat so it’s important to feed a diet that has been carefully formulated and tested. Vitamins: When it comes to vitamins, cats...
...acids are often higher. These “kidney diets” typically are also less acidifying than typical cat foods. Despite the fact that commercial kidney diets have been available (at least for dogs)...
...includes diets designed to help diagnose food allergies or intolerance as well as diets with high digestibility and diets that are very low in fat (lower than is available over-the-counter)....
...signs of digestive distress. There are dozens of products available that make claims such as “may dramatically improve your pet’s digestion and absorption of nutrients”, “replace vital food enzymes destroyed...
...for a nutritionally balanced diet), previous exposure to these ingredients typically isn’t considered for novel ingredient diets. Even though there are many “novel ingredient” or “limited ingredient” diets available over-the-counter,...
...total protein content but also the composition of the individual amino acids). Given the limited number of studies currently available, potential benefits of such diets are not strongly supported. However,...
...in dogs and cats. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl). 2023 Dec 13. Nakatsuka K, Zanghi B, Hasegawa D. Efficacy evaluation of a commercially available MCT enriched therapeutic diet on...
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...
...to meet your pet’s medical conditions, nutritional needs, and preferences. The number of appropriate diets available for each pet will depend upon his or her individual needs/restrictions. We also will...
...diets. Diet decisions should be based on the individual pet’s health concerns and other needs, regardless of breed. While there are breed-specific diets available, they may not necessarily be designed...