This article looks at the nutritional management of liver disease in dogs and cats, describing general aspects of nutritional management of hepatic diseases such as encephalopathy, hepatic lipidosis, and copper-associated hepatic toxicosis.
Review of the definition, key diagnostic tools and pathophysiology of hepatic lipidosis in cats. It also give advice on how to manage nutritionally these cases and how to monitoring them in a long term basis.
Review of the definition, key diagnostic tools and pathophysiology of hepatic diseases in cats. It also talks about the therapeutic feeding principles to follow in these cases, the client education points and how to monitor the disease in the long term basis.
Review of the definition, key diagnostic tools and pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy in cats. It also talks about the key nutrients modifications and therapeutic feeding principles to follow in these cases, together with the client education points and how to monitore the disease in the long term basis.
Review of the food allergy (FA) diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment. FA is defined as "all immune-mediated reactions following food intake". FA is a non-seasonal disease with skin and/or gastrointestinal disorders. Therapy of FA consists of avoiding the offending food component(s).