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I’d be willing to bet that most of you who read this blog do not own Holstein bull calves. Neither do I, but one of the joys (and challenges) of being a veterinarian is the fact that we get to deal with multiple species of animals. While I don’t expect I’ll ever treat a calf again (it’s... READ MOREWith the holiday weekend beginning, Dr. Coates is taking some much deserved time to spend with her family this week. Please enjoy one of our favorites from June on the topic of determining the right amount of food to feed to your cat.
READ MOREI ran across a potentially useful tool for dietary planning a few days ago that I want to share with you. It’s called the SuperTracker Food-a-Pedia and it’s put together by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of their MyPlate campaign aimed at helping Americans make better nutrition... READ MORECats are true carnivores, and as such, they have relatively higher requirements for protein in their diets than do dogs. This is true during all of a cat’s life stages, but when they hit their senior years, the situation gets a little complicated.
READ MOREA couple of weeks back, we talked about how high protein/low carbohydrate diets in kittens altered the microbial population of the gastrointestinal tract — specifically, how eating this type of diet reduced the numbers of bacteria, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Megasphaera , that have potential... READ MOREOver on the canine edition of Nutrition Nuggets, I used Thanksgiving as a reason to talk about pancreatitis in dogs. Overindulgence, particularly with regards to fatty foods, is a common cause of this disease in our canine friends. The same is not true for cats, so I can’t really link this post... READ MOREGenetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are becoming an ever more present part of our human and pet food supply. Have you thought about what that might mean for the health of all of us?
READ MOREToday I’m going to talk about an important pet food characteristic — digestibility. In fact, I think it is so important that I’m going to address it on both the canine and feline Nutrition Nuggets pages on the same day. The information in the two posts is similar but not identical,... READ MOREConventional wisdom these days seems to support feeding cats high protein/low carbohydrate foods. Cats are carnivores, after all. Studies have shown that these types of diets are certainly beneficial for certain health conditions (e.g., diabetes mellitus), but I tend to be wary of blanket statements... READ MOREHuman medical doctors and researchers have stumbled upon an interesting conundrum they call the obesity paradox. It goes something like this. Obesity is bad. It predisposes us to a wide range of health problems including diabetes and heart disease. But, if a person happens to develop some types of chronic... READ MORE
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