Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Section I Nutrition and Dietary Management 3
Chapter 1 Homemade Diets 5
Chapter 2 Food Safety 15
Chapter 3 Nutrients 23
Chapter 4 Canine and Feline Energy Requirements 51
Chapter 5 Feeding the Healthy Adult Dog or Cat 85
Chapter 6 Feeding the Puppy or Kitten 95
Chapter 7 Feeding the Pregnant or Lactating Dog or Cat 103
Chapter 8 Feeding the Senior Pet 113
Chapter 9 Feeding the Performance Dog 119
Chapter 10 Food Intolerance and Allergy 129
Chapter 11 Obesity 135
Chapter 12 Skeletal and Joint Diseases 143
Chapter 13 Diet and Gastrointestinal Disease 151
Chapter 14 Diet and Chronic Renal Disease 181
Chapter 15 Diet and Urinary Tract Stones 195
Chapter 16 Diet and Skin Disease 207
Chapter 17 Diet and Endocrine Disease 215
Chapter 18 Diet and Heart Disease 229
Chapter 19 Diet and Pancreatic Disease 237
Chapter 20 Diet and Hepatic Disease 243
Chapter 21 Diet and Cancer 255
Section II Home-Prepared Diets 265
Tools Needed 265
Choosing a Diet 265
Preparing Diets 267
Dog Diet Recipes 269
Dog Diets 277
Cat Diet Recipes 433
Cat Diets 438
Appendix 1 Dog Diets by Protein Source 507
Appendix 2 Cat Diets by Protein Source 513
Index 517
