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Cat Nutrition Articles

• Gerontology: Prolonging Health Through Nutrition

  Your pet's diet is closely related to his life span. This article goes into detail on how nutrition effects your pet’s health.

• Healthy Skin & Haircoat: The Importance of Nutrition

  Good nutrition is essential to normal skin and haircoat health. See how vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fats affect your pet’s fur and skin.

• Obesity: The Leading Nutritional Disorder in Pets

  Obesity is the leading nutritional disorder in dogs and cats. Learn the dangers of obesity in dogs and cats as well as how to spot, prevent and treat it.

• The Role of Nutrition in Genetic Expression

  Learn the effects of food and nutrition on genetic expression in dogs and cats.

• Understanding Calcium

  Calcium may be good for your dog or cat’s bones and teeth, but it plays a much more important role in your pet’s diet than you think.

• What Pet Food Labels Tell You

  Pet food labels give basic information as to the ingredient content, nutrient guaranteed analysis, feeding information, net weight, the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor and, many times, other facts about the product.

• The Importance of Digestibility & Palatability

  How do you know that the dog or cat food you feed provides top performance? The answer is its level of digestibility. Simply stated, digestibility is the percentage of protein and other nutrients in a particular diet actually available to and utilized by the dog or cat.