Posts tagged "Nutrition"

Meet Archie, a 9-year-old Miniature Schnauzer who presents with a complex mix of obesity, suspected ...

For veterinary professionals, navigating the rapidly expanding "fresh" pet food market with clients ...

In my experience, optimal nutritional support is a cornerstone of successful clinical outcomes in sm...

Nutritional support is a cornerstone of recovery in small animal practice. Yet feeding tube placemen...

Bringing up a pet’s weight can be awkward, with some owners reacting defensively or ignoring your ad...

In companion animals, parasitic infections remain a pressing health concern, impairing digestive hea...

Cardiac disease isn’t just about leaky valves or enlarged chambers – it’s a full-body metabolic uphe...

Most veterinary professionals (myself included) have long since felt that grain-free diets are a fad...

Clients are becoming more concerned about their pets’ diets, and social media, rather than veterinar...

Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are a frequent reason for seeking consultations. Alimentary tract fun...

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic endocrine disorder characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia due to ...

Obesity in cats is defined as being more than 20 percent over their ideal body weight, and it is est...

Fish oil supplements are commonly used in human medicine to prevent and manage disease, as well as b...

Because every young patient deserves and will benefit from the best start in life, it is crucial tha...

Nutritional support has long been regarded as a key part of managing hospitalised people with many d...

According to a survey of EU vets, weight loss and inappetence are one of the most common reasons for...

Dietary fibre is defined as edible carbohydrate polymers with three or more monomeric units, includi...

Heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cats and dogs, with an estimated 10 per...

Rodents (for example, rats, Rattus norvegicus domestica; mice, Mus musculus domestica; gerbils, Meri...

There is very little evidence to support the use of a special cancer diet in people or dogs. There i...

There is growing evidence to support the idea that promoting food intake as early as possible after ...

What should a practitioner do when a client brings a new puppy or kitten into the surgery and announ...

Heart disease affects 10 percent of dogs in general practice (Keene et al., 2019), with myxomatous m...

Uroliths account for approximately 20 percent of feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) (Gerber ...

Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) encompasses several disorders: feline idiopathic cystitis...

Canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common condition in which progressive mitral valv...

Feline chronic enteropathy (CE) covers a number of conditions including food-responsive enteropathie...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common disease and its prevalence is increasing (Box 1). The mainstay of...

Imagine this clinical scenario: the owner of a geriatric cat diagnosed with hyperthyroidism is seeki...

Constipation is defined as difficult, painful or reduced defecation over a period of time ranging fr...