By staying mindful of a patient’s evolving energy needs and employing the use of a weigh scale and growth curves, we can prevent obesity before it happens
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In addition to body weight, it is common for senior cats to experience changes in muscle condition
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While a homemade diet works well for some pets, discussions surrounding this option can sometimes feel daunting
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Some owners feed their cats canned food instead of kibble to keep carbohydrates down, but is that really true?
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It is important to set the expectation that both cAFR and atopy are life-long medical problems to be managed
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Conversations about general nutrition should begin at the first puppy and kitten wellness examination
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We should make decisions based on the best possible evidence, and we should limit our claims to what the evidence can support
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In senior pets, supplements can help to ameliorate pain, mobility, cognitive decline, cancer, and extend quality of life
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The importance of selecting a proper diet
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Can the early introduction of a senior diet delay aging?
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While most specifies prefer to contrafreeload, researchers say felines are the exception
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AAHA’s new nutritional guidelines encourage veterinarians to take the lead in helping thwart animal obesity
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It is extremely helpful to introduce the concepts of sodium restriction, adequate calorie/protein intake, and cardiac cachexia in the pre-CHF stage
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OVC says objective research is still needed to determine how well cats fare on plant-based food
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A diet formulated to treat struvite urolithiasis won’t prevent recurrence in dogs, but it may delay or minimize urolith burden if a UTI goes unrecognized
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There are undoubtedly many misconceptions about nutrition that lead our clients to make questionable feeding choices
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To help patients shed the ‘COVID 15’ weight gain, BluePearl offers some feeding tips to share with clients
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