Nutrition
Nutritional Management of a Puppy With Congenital Renal Dysplasia
A large-breed puppy with renal dysplasia required a custom nutrition plan to satisfy its needs for kidney health while it was still growing.
About the Author
Dr. Linder is a board-certified veterinary nutritionist at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, where she also earned her DVM degree. Dr. Linder’s interests include nutritional management, client education, and human/animal interaction. Her current research focuses on safe and effective weight-loss strategies for pets as well as the effects of obesity on pet and human wellbeing. She is also co-director of the Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction.
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Nutrition
Compliance Strategies for the Obese Patient
Showing clients how to assess weight and discussing what “non-negotiables” are important to the human-animal bond are just a few strategies at increasing client compliance in a weight-loss plan.
Nutrition
Dietary Elimination Trial in a Dog with Protein-Losing Nephropathy
This case report covers the dilemma of providing optimal nutrition to a dog with concurrent renal disease and suspected food allergy.