Hills prescription diet feline c/d cans
Hills prescription diet feline c/d is for the nutritional management of cats with Struvite Related Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD). FLUTD is a condition often associated with the formation of crystals in the urinary tract that can cause numerous painful symptoms for your cat.
The two most common types of crystals that form in the cat's urinary tract: struvite and oxalate. Hills Feline Diet c/d is formulated to provide nutritional management of cats with struvite-related FLUTD. Hills Prescription Diet c/d contains reduced building blocks of struvite and produces an acid urine pH, lowering the chance that struvite crystals will form.
Hills prescription diet feline c/d indication:
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)
– Struvite crystals and uroliths, prevention of occurrence or recurrence
– Idiopathic FLUTD in adult cats (use Feline c/d canned)
Hills feline C/D is not recommended for:
• Kittens.
• Pregnant or lactating queens.
• Cats concurrently receiving urinary acidifiers.
• Cats with non-struvite urolithiasis or crystalluria.
Additional information
Monitor the urine, to ensure the target urinary pH is maintained, and if necessary eliminate urinary tract infection.
Hills feline c/d key benefits
Magnesium Phosphorus Protein: Reduced - Decreases urinary concentration of struvite constituents, magnesium, ammonium (from protein), phosphate.
Sodium: Controlled - Limits progressive loss of renal function.
Target urinary pH Acid: pH 6.2-6.4 - Discourages the formation and aggregation of struvite crystals
Water Increased in wet formulas - Increases urine volume, which dilutes struvite constituents. Lowers urinary specific gravity, to reduce recurrence of idiopathic FLUTD
Superior antioxidant formula: Added – Reduces harmful free radicals to help combat urolithiasis.
Please check with your veterinary surgeon before putting your animal on this diet.
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