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Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, points out that a lot of the things about good quality pet food often cannot be found on its label.

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Bladder stones? Urinary stress? Urine luck. Dig in to these diets to tackle three conditions in your veterinary patients.

Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, talks about the biggest risks and potential benefits of raw meat-based diets.

Homemade veterinary diets, when formulated and prepared appropriately, can provide complete and balanced nutrition only for certain pets. Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, explains when homemade diets are appropriate for patients.

Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, says it's extremely hard—if not impossible—to judge the quality of pet food by just looking at the pet food label.

Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, talks about how the road to weight loss for pets is similar to the road to weight loss for people.

Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, explains how weight loss recommendations change when other concurrent disease processes are involved.

Martha Cline, DVM, DACVN, clinical veterinary nutritionist at Red Bank Hospital in New Jersey, talks about what veterinarians who are reluctant to bring up obesity with their clients should remember.

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If clients need to use a limited-ingredient diet to complete a diet trial for their pet, Dr. Anthea Schick recommends these two homemade diets.

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No, calorie content is not required (yet) on pet food labels. But you can still help your veterinary clients figure out caloric intake.