What is a prescription diet?
Can also be called a therapeutic diet or veterinary diet
Developed with specific nutrient profiles to help manage certain diseased formulated based on scientific research
What disease are made for prescription diets?
Kindness disease, liver disease, IBD/pancrease
Diabetes
UTI/bladder stones
Food allergies
Obesity and weight management
Endocrine diseases
Balanced with appropriate levels to support the body without affecting the organs that aren’t functionning normally
Why are prescription diets prescribed?
What a pet eats can directly impact their symptoms,comfort, and long term outcome.
Pet with the kidney would benefit from a reduced phosphorous an carefully controlled protein diet to ease workload of kidneys
Pet with diabetes may need a diet that helps regulates blood sugar levels more consistently
Do pets need these diets for life?
Depends on diagnosis
Short term-recovery from illness
Long term- chronic cases
What are the three prescription diets companies?
Purina Proplan veterinary diets
Hills science diet prescribed diet
Royal canine prescription diet
What are the many different diets available?
Major systems covered:
Weight management
Skin/food allergy
Digestive
Special systems like: cardiac, neuro,urinary, renal
What is purina pro plan EN digestive care?
GI, giver balance, low fat
Highly digestible dry dog food to promote optimal nutrient absorption
Select prebiotic fiber for targeted microbiome support and digestive health
Antioxidant rich dog gut health nutrition supports the immune system, while an optimal level of fiber helps promoteintestinal motility
What is royal canin digestive health?
Gi high fiber
Gi low fat
Gi moderate calories
Combo of highly digestible proteins baclanced fibers and EPA+DHA helps to support digestive health
High energy content
What is hills digestive care?
I/d diet- highly digestible formula to support easy nutrient absorption. Unique prebiotic blend to fuel activity of beneficial gut bacteria. Added electrolytes an high b vitamins clinically proven antioxidant.
Hills biome- unique blend of prebiotic fibers. Stimulate microbiome to produce beneficial postbiotics.
Works quickly to activate gut microbiome and promete healthy stool
Gut bacteria to maintain digestive health High
Helps limit recurrence of digestive upsets
What is PUrina Proplan skin/ food allergy/derm food?
Proteins are broken down into tiny particles that are not recognized by dogs immune system and food becomes hypoallergenic.
Manage food allergies, IBD and other GI issues
Single low allergen carb source and area made with high quality easily digestible ingredients.
Fatty acids help skin/coat conditions
What is in the El purina Proplan skin/derm food?
Formulated with purified amino acids to support derm and GI health in dogs with adverse food reactions.
Sensitive skin dog food with low allergen carbs sources to help minimize the risk of an allergic reaction
Made with minited fat to aid digestion for dogs with compromised GI tracts.
What is in the derm purina Proplan food?
Formulated for nutritional management of dogs with derm. Contains omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid to help support a healthy skin and coat
Natural with added vitamins and minerals
What is in the skim/food allergy/derm royalcanin food?
By potatoes exotic protein like fish,duck,venison which are appropriate for dogs with certain food sensitivities. Formulated to support skins natural protective barrier for optimal skin health.
Help regulate intestinal transit and supports a balanced digestive flora.
RC hydrolyzed protein
Hydrolyzed soy protein, composed of low molecular weight peptides is highly digestible and suppport GI and derm health.
RC ultimando - composed of oligonpeptides
What is purina Proplan NF renal/urinary food?
Reduced protein, restricted phosphorous
Low sodium
Enriched with omega-3 fatty acids provides omega 3 fatty acids to support kidney health
Benefits: helps slow the progesssion of kidney disease
Reduces uremic toxins that can harm body
Provides essential nutrients for dogs and cats with kidney issues
Improves appetite and weight management
What is renal urinary UR purina Proplan food?
Promote urinary environment unfavorable to the development of both sterile strutting and calcium oxalte crystals
Help disssolve sterile structure stones
What is RC urinary SO royal canin food?
AIDS in management of pure struvivete urolithsincreasing the urine volume reduces the saturation of urine with calcium ozalte and struvite crystals
Reduced level of magnesium,
What is RC kidney care food royal canine?
Helps compensate for decreased appetite with a highly palatable energy-dense dog food formula to reduce meal volume
What is hills k/d foood?
C/d
Lower concentration of building blocks for bladder stones
Controlled calcium,low sodium and added potassium citrate
Omega-3 fatty acids to support urinary health
K/d
Reduced phosphorous and sodium enriched with omega-3 fatty acids provides
Activates gut microbiome to reduce harmful waste products
Protect vital kidney function
What is special system purina Proplan food?
Supports cardiac function in dogs and helps maintain heart structure
Dog heart health support formula containing cardiac protection blend composed of amino acids and a fatty acid, mg and vitamin e
Antioxidants vitamin a and e, immune supports
What is hills h/d food?
High level of L-carnitine and taurine
Reduces sodium
Added potassium and mg
Controlled levels of protein and phosphorous
Antioxidants
Supports overall heart health
What is purina neuro food?
Medium-chain triglycerides vegetable oil
Unique blend of nutrients and medium=chain triglyceride veg. Oil,etc
What is RC glycobalance royal canine foo?
Supports blood clutches leels- formulated to help support healthy post- prandial blood glucose levels.
Maintains muscle mass
High protein content helps maintain muscle mass
Reduced starch levels
What is hills w/d food?
Therapeutic l-carnitine level
High fiber helps manage boood sugar
Optimal bend of soluble and insoluble fiber
Formulated to help metabolize fat and maintain lean muscle
Promotes healthy digestion and formed stool
Promotes urinary tract health
What is hills i/d?
Controlled levels of highly digestible protein
Low coppper to minimize accumulation in liver
Clinically proven antioxidants to support immune function, formulated to promote healing, critical for dogs with compromised livers.
