Veterinary Nutrition Services | Summit Veterinary Referral Center

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About Our Department

The Nutrition department develops comprehensive nutrition plans for pets with underlying disease. Our nutrition team is dedicated to providing exceptional nutritional strategies for pets with the aim of optimizing health and longevity.

The Nutrition department works closely with you and your pet’s veterinary team to create expert, personalized nutrition plans. Crafting balanced home-cooked recipes, addressing weight management and food allergies, and providing unique solutions to challenging dietary restrictions are some of the more common services the nutrition department has to offer. Our nutrition team also specializes in the management of feeding tubes and critical care nutrition. Nutrition works closely with our critical care team to ensure all hospitalized pets at Summit receive the best nutrition during their hospitalization.

Additional Information

Common nutritional services for dogs and cats

Comprehensive diet plans, especially for pets with multiple conditions
Identification and management of nutritional deficiencies
Formulation of balanced home-cooked recipes
Weight management plans
Diagnosing and managing food allergies
Feeding tube management
Nutritional analysis of current feeding practices

Common conditions managed by our Nutrition department

Gastrointestinal disease including chronic vomiting and diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, megaesophagus, motility disorders, constipation, pancreatitis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, short bowel syndrome, and anal gland disease
Metabolic disease including diabetes, thyroid disease, high cholesterol or high triglycerides
Food allergies, and skin and coat conditions
Heart disease, orthopedic disease, and cancer
Kidney and urinary disease
Weight management including obesity and undesired weight loss