When Less Is Not More: Understanding Nutritionally-Mediated Dilated Cardiomyopathy In Pets
Our pets are family and regular veterinary checkups, exercise, and preventive care are critical to ensure they remain healthy through all life stages. Proper nutrition is also a vital component of your pet’s organ function and overall health and pet owners have a wide variety of choices when it comes to deciding what to feed their pets. Food choices include the popular grain-free and limited-ingredient diets. However, recent research has shown these diets can be dangerous for pets and cause dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) which can be fatal. Our Animal Emergency Care team wants to ensure your pets are properly nourished and disease-free, so we describe nutritionally-mediated DCM signs, treatment, and prevention in pets.
