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Nutrition

Therapeutic diets, weight management, and feeding protocols. Renal, GI, dermatologic, and joint-support diets.

23 articles · showing 1–10·Lives underPharmaceuticals Practice·Last updated 2026-09-02

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A calm tabby cat on a veterinary table beside an abdominal radiograph, a diet-versus-surgery decision chart, and a small bladder model.

DiagnosticsSeptember 2, 2026 · 32 min read

Bladder Stones in Cats: Sterile Struvite vs Calcium Oxalate, Diet Dissolution & Surgery

Why feline bladder stones are not dog UTIs: sterile struvite dissolution in 2–5 weeks, calcium oxalate surgery rules, ionized calcium, and upper-tract SUB data.

Ran Chen#Urology #Nutrition

A calm domestic cat in a veterinary clinic setting near GI diagnostic reference documents.

DiagnosticsAugust 21, 2026 · 20 min read

Why Is My Cat Having Diarrhea? Emergency Signs, Chronic Cutoffs, and Safe Home Care

Triage feline diarrhea safely. Learn when loose stool is an emergency, why fasting cats risks hepatic lipidosis, how to spot Tritrichomonas, and diagnostic…

Ran Chen#Gastroenterology #Emergency & Critical Care #Nutrition

A mature domestic cat on a veterinary exam table near diagnostic lab results and a body condition reference chart.

DiagnosticsAugust 19, 2026 · 22 min read

Why Is My Cat Losing Weight? Thin but Eating, and When It's Urgent

Unexplained feline weight loss is almost never normal aging. Learn the appetite branch points, the 8.9% pre-diagnosis CKD loss data, screening tests, and home…

Ran Chen#Nutrition #Endocrinology #Feline CKD

Companion animal beside veterinary diagnostic materials.

DiagnosticsAugust 13, 2026 · 14 min read

Why Is My Cat Not Eating? A Vet Triage Timeline: Picky, Pain, or Emergency

A veterinary triage guide to feline anorexia: safe waiting windows, hepatic lipidosis risk timeline, red-flag symptoms, and what the diagnostic workup finds.

Ran Chen#Emergency & Critical Care #Nutrition

A Miniature Schnauzer next to veterinary X-ray outlines and urological diagnostic papers.

DiagnosticsJuly 20, 2026 · 21 min read

Bladder Stones in Dogs: Struvite vs. Oxalate, Dissolution, and Surgery

A clinical guide to canine bladder stones (urolithiasis). Compare struvite and calcium oxalate, medical dissolution vs. surgery, breed risk, and prevention.

Ran Chen#Urology #Nutrition

DiagnosticsJuly 2, 2026 · 17 min read

Beagle Health Problems: A VetCompass Data Profile on Disorders, Lifespan, and Mortality

Is the Beagle a healthy breed? This profile uses VetCompass primary-care data on 3,729 Beagles to rank their top health problems, median lifespan, and leading…

Ran Chen#Clinical Pathology #Dermatology #Nutrition

Companion animal in a veterinary exam setting with medication reference materials.

PharmaceuticalsJune 30, 2026 · 16 min read

Dog Obesity: Body Condition Score, Safe Weight Loss Rate, and What Actually Works

A clinical guide to canine obesity. Learn how to perform body condition scoring (BCS), understand the safe weekly weight loss rate, calculate calories, and…

Ran Chen#Nutrition

DiagnosticsJune 21, 2026 · 7 min read

Ragdoll Cat Health Profile: Morbidity and Mortality in Primary Care

A data-driven study of common health conditions, life expectancy, and renal mortality risks in Ragdoll cats, based on RVC VetCompass cohort data.

Ran Chen#Feline CKD #Clinical Pathology #Nutrition

PharmaceuticalsJune 13, 2026 · 9 min read

How to Read a Pet Food Recall Notice: Lot Codes, Classes, and When to Call Your Vet

A step-by-step guide to reading a pet food recall: how to find your lot number and UPC, what FDA recall Class I, II, and III mean, the common hazards, and when…

Ran Chen#Drug Safety & Toxicology #Nutrition

PharmaceuticalsJune 11, 2026 · 7 min read

Pet Food Recalls 2025–2026: Salmonella, Vitamin D, Thiamine, and What the Data Shows

Salmonella dominated 2025 pet food recalls, raw diets drove most poundage, and thiamine deficiencies surfaced in 2026. Here is what the FDA data shows — and…

Ran Chen#Drug Safety & Toxicology #Nutrition