Useful information about the needs of cats and dogs with nutritionally sensitive health conditions.
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Musculoskeletal Disorders
Read about the strategies, including nutrition, Bryan Torres, DVM, PhD, DACVS-SA, DACVSMR utilizes early in osteoarthritis management.
1 min to 5 min
Brain & Cognitive Disorders
Multimodal strategies that include targeted nutrition may help manage signs and slow progression of cognitive dysfunction syndrome in dogs.
Feeding a diet containing medium chain triglycerides may be a useful adjunct to anticonvulsant medications in dogs with refractory idiopathic epilepsy.
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Water, dietary fiber and diet digestibility are important to the nutritional management of cats with constipation, obstipation and megacolon.
Short-term diet modification is an important part of any treatment plan for acute gastroenteropathy.
Nutrition and feeding practices are critical to the supportive care of dogs with megaesophagus.
Feeding practices and environmental management may help reduce the risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) development.
Diet modification is a key component of therapeutic plans for managing dogs and cats with intestinal dysbiosis.
Diet may play a role in developmental orthopedic conditions and in management of secondary osteoarthritis.