Water is an essential nutrient and is considered the nutrient most critical for survival. Losses in body water of just 10-15% can cause death, with animals able to tolerate much higher fat or protein losses.

Learn about the history, uses, and benefits of amino acid-based enteral diets.

A novel dietary intervention for dogs with early stage myxomatous mitral valve disease

Understand how changes in the microbiome can influence management of chronic enteropathy and what tools can positively impact case management, such as diet trials and fecal microbiota transfer.

Read about the role of nutrition in the management of canine and feline chronic kidney disease, and about factors that impact food intake and renal diet acceptance in cats.

Nutritional interventions tailored to the individual cat with CKD can play a key role in slowing disease progression, reducing signs of uremia, addressing homeostatic changes resulting from CKD, and improving quality of life as well as life span.

Learn about adverse food reactions and how hydrolyzed protein diets can be used for the management of certain skin and gastrointestinal conditions.

Share these tips with pet owners to help them understand what makes a food elimination trial successful.

Discover the power of nutrition in the diagnosis and management of two common skin conditions, adverse food reactions and atopic dermatitis, and the effects these conditions can have on other systems in the body.