The thinking behind
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Guides, nutrition notes and observations from practice, written from a veterinary point of view — to make daily care at home a little easier.
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Clinical NotesHow to Choose a Dog Joint Supplement: Glucosamine, Chondroitin and What to Check on the Label
Which amounts, glucosamine form and weight-based usage information should you check on the label when choosing a joint supplement for your dog? The role of glucosamine and chondroitin in cartilage, the strength of the evidence, how long to wait before judging results, and why dogs on medication need vet approval.
Clinical NotesHow to Choose a Probiotic for Cats and Dogs: Strain, Colony Count and Storage Conditions
What should you look for on the label when choosing a probiotic for your cat or dog? Why the strain name and code matter, how to read the colony count (CFU), how storage affects viability and why human probiotics should not be given, with references.
Clinical NotesCat and Dog Joint Health Guide: Signs, Weight and Movement
Struggling to get up, avoiding the stairs or a cat that no longer jumps up high can be quiet signs of joint problems. This guide covers the signs, how weight affects the joints and the right kind of movement.
NutritionWhat Are Cat and Dog Supplements? Complementary Feed vs Vitamins vs Veterinary Medicines
Most cat and dog supplements are legally complementary feed, not medicines. This guide gives clear definitions of complementary feed, vitamin supplements, veterinary medicines and dietetic feed, a label checklist and when to see your vet.
Clinical NotesCat Flu and Viral Threats: The Role of Propolis, Echinacea and Antioxidant Vitamins in Immune Defence
Immunity does not collapse at seasonal transitions; the defence balance narrows. When environmental load, stress and a disrupted feeding rhythm overlap, the renewal rate of immune cells becomes more dependent on its nutritional foundation.
Clinical NotesHypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) in Cats and Valve Disease in Dogs: Cellular Energy in the Heart
In cats, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) thickens and stiffens the heart muscle; in dogs, myxomatous mitral valve disease lets the valve leak. In both, the heart muscle does more work every day and needs more ATP. Diagnosis and treatment belong exclusively to a veterinary surgeon; nutritional support sits alongside that plan, never in place of it.
Clinical NotesHow Does the Gut Microbiota Manage Immunity? Probiotic Colonisation in Small Animals
The microbiota does not boost immunity; it lays the ground for it by maintaining the barrier and training the mucosal immune tissue day after day. What probiotic colonisation actually means, why strain identity matters, and the physiology of the period after antibiotics.
Clinical NotesPost-Antibiotic Diarrhoea and Gut Flora Disruption: How Is the Epithelium Protected?
The physiology behind stools that soften during antibiotic treatment: loss of flora balance, falling short-chain fatty acid production, and why the intestinal epithelium is a heading of its own.
Clinical NotesCan Two Supplements Be Used Together in Cats and Dogs with Kidney Disease? How the Vet Builds the Plan
Whether two different complementary feeds can sit in the same plan for a patient with reduced kidney function is not a product question — it is a clinical decision. This article sets out, at ingredient level, which separate lines Nephrovet and Azo-Fix occupy, where they overlap when given together, and what a veterinary surgeon actually looks at when building the plan. Dosage and sequencing are deliberately not covered here: that decision belongs to the veterinary surgeon examining the animal.
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