by Dr. Laura Gaylord | Aug 31, 2022 | Pet Nutrition
Workup for dogs or cats with chronic liver disease is often recommended when liver enzymes are elevated on a bloodwork screening profile (ALT, ALP, total bilirubin, GGT). Unfortunately, these changes are not specific for one particular liver condition and additional...
by Dr. Laura Gaylord | Jul 17, 2022 | Pet Nutrition
How does it start? Dogs and cats may commonly develop variable eating patterns when experiencing a gastrointestinal upset or recovering from a systemic illness. Negative food associations may develop directed at a particular food, flavor or smell and that experience...
by Dr. Laura Gaylord | Jul 15, 2022 | Hot Topics
Adverse food reaction is defined as an abnormal response to ingestion of food or food additive and may be a food intolerance or a food allergy, while a food allergy is an immune mediated response to a food antigen, typically a protein in the food. Unfortunately, food...
by Dr. Laura Gaylord | Jul 12, 2022 | Pet Supplements
Supplements can be foods, vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals given in addition to the diet with the intent of supporting health or modifying a disease state rather than meeting nutritional requirements. These supplements are also called “Nutraceuticals”....