Nutrition

A new paper explores the nutritional adequacy of vegetarian diets for pets and how they compare to meat-based diets.

A pet obesity organization is asking U.S. veterinary hospitals to collect and send in pet weight information for the 10th Annual Pet Obesity Awareness Day survey Oct. 12.

Organic and clean eating trends may be good for human consumers but, raw food diets put both companion animals and their owners at risk for food-borne illnesses and nutritional deficiencies.

Obe aims to improve the health of dogs and cats, one perfectly portioned ProBowl of food and water at a time.

Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition), technician learning and development manager at Ethos Veterinary Health, stresses that pet owners need to know what they are feeding their pets before a vet visit.

Blue Buffalo, the pet food company known for its holistic dog and cat foods, has developed a line of veterinary-exclusive, all-natural therapeutic diets with added vitamins and minerals.

Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition), technician learning and development manager at Ethos Veterinary Health, explains how to create a complete and balanced pet diet within an owner’s price range.

Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition), technician learning and development manager at Ethos Veterinary Health, explains the importance of feeding pets a complete and balanced diet.

I scribbled down some good advice for practice managers and practice owners from a past Veterinary Economics article contest winner at a Kansas City practice manager association meeting.

Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition), technician learning and development manager at Ethos Veterinary Health, explains how grains such as corn can be beneficial for pets.

Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition), technician learning and development manager at Ethos Veterinary Health, explains common misconceptions regarding pet nutrition.

A look at the physiology of hunger and the role of ghrelin, dubbed the hunger hormone.

A new study looks at how veterinarians can comfortably step in to facilitate weight loss, borrowing from successful human programs to help.

Do your research, cut through the advertising, and offer your clients your science-based opinion to quell the fears about diets you recommend.

A ketogenic diet rich in medium-chain triacylgylycerols achieved clinically meaningful levels of ketosis and helped prevent seizures in dogs with epilepsy, according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial.

Help your veterinary clients learn about food allergies inside and out so their pet can feel better, inside and out.

Some DVMs are weak on supplements, with pet owners doing their own questionable research and dosing and feeding their pets accordingly for such conditions as cancer, osteoarthritis and kidney disease. It's high time for you to dig into the science, says Dr. Ernie Ward, and see how they can help with pets' chronic conditions.

Curious about cats' outdoor meanderings-and what they might consume along the way? This program is for you!

Fresh from the 2016 Nestl Purina Companion Animal Nutrition Summit, a look at what we know about this plant's powers in people and pets.

Four new types of treats will be available to pair with the companys therapeutic diets.

Fresh from the 2016 Nestl Purina Companion Animal Nutrition Summit, lets look at a few culinary curiosities your veterinary clients might be begging for.

Temperature, pulse, respiration, pain assessment and nutritional assessment. Face it, assessing nutrition and serving up solid recommendations is vital to keep your veterinary patients healthyand your "foodie" clients happy.

Document outlines criteria agency staff will use to determine if enforcement action on sales of therapeutic diets by pet stores and online retailers is needed.

Fresh from the 2016 Nestle Purina Companion Animal Nutrition Summit: Exploring the impact of fatty acids and probiotics on anxiety in your canine veterinary patients.

Just like us humans, cats no longer have to live in a guns-at-the-ready world to survive, as in the Old West. Today's cats have it so easy! So easy, their waistlines are exhibiting way too much westward-and eastward, southward and northward-expansion. What can we learn from cats' feral roots?