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Nutrition

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

26 articles · showing 1–10·Lives underPharmaceuticals Practice·Last updated 2026-09-18

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Calm kitchen counter with an unlabeled kraft pet-food bag, a blank identity card, a metal scoop, empty wooden sorting trays, and a relaxed mixed-breed dog

PharmaceuticalsSeptember 18, 2026 · 26 min read

Is This Pet Food Calorie Count Calculated or Fed?

Mark whether one labeled dog or cat food states metabolizable energy as calculated or fed, how Modified Atwater works, and why calorie counts are not…

Ran Chen#Nutrition

A calm veterinary clinic table with an unlabeled kraft paper kibble bag, a blank card, three small bowls of kibble, and a relaxed sleeping cat on a blanket in the background.

PharmaceuticalsSeptember 17, 2026 · 25 min read

Is This Pet Food Complete and Balanced, or Intermittent Feeding Only?

How to verify pet food nutritional adequacy: decode AAFCO complete and balanced claims, intermittent feeding statements, treat exemptions, and vet-directed…

Ran Chen#Nutrition

A calm veterinary evaluation bench under soft daylight with a closed unlabeled metal chew tin, empty sorting trays, a blank identity card, and a relaxed dog resting nearby.

PharmaceuticalsSeptember 14, 2026 · 27 min read

Is This Pet Chew a Food or an Unapproved Animal Drug?

FDA does not recognize a dietary-supplement category for animals. Classify one labeled chew as animal food or as an unapproved new animal drug.

Ran Chen#Nutrition #Drug Safety & Toxicology

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