Some pets will also do well
on hydrolyzed protein diets, which are available mainly through veterinary prescription.
Because of Wyoming's autoimmune issues, my veterinarian felt that I needed to put both dogs
on a hydrolyzed protein diet.
Not exact matches
Since he likes Royal Canin and does well
on it - it's worth buying My cat, Rider, has IBD and needs to eat either a novel
protein or
hydrolyzed protein diet.
A more thorough version of this process involves putting your dog
on a very strict prescription
diet using
hydrolyzed proteins.
Depending
on the cause of the sensitive dog skin, a veterinarian will either recommend a «novel»
protein diet or a «
hydrolyzed»
diet.
My new vet did a lot of tests and put Teddy
on the Royal Canin
Hydrolyzed Protein diet.
A case report of three German Shepherd Dogs with EPI demonstrated that a
diet with 19 percent fat (
on a dry matter basis) was well tolerated and resulted in weight gain, decreased diarrhea, and an improved coat (the
diet used
hydrolyzed protein, which is processed in such a way as to render the
proteins nearly hypoallergenic).
And if you suspect food allergies, your vet may put
on a prescription drug or a
hydrolyzed protein diet.
The only way to determine if the cat has a food allergy is to put the cat
on a trial
diet that the cat could not possibly be allergic to (either a
hydrolyzed protein diet or a novel
protein diet) for a long period of time and see if the mowing stops.