Hills Canine Ud Tins 370g x 12 tins

About Hills Canine Ud Tins 370g x 12 tins

For the nutritional management of pets with advanced kidney disease. Advanced kidney disease is characterised by a number of serious and even life threatening signs shown by your dog. This condition, also called kidney failure, is usually considered irreversible but may be managed with proper care and the right food.

Hills Prescription Diet Canine U/D was developed to help in the management of dogs with the problems associated with advanced kidney disease. Kidney disease causes the kidneys to be less efficient at removing waste substances from the bloodstream and regulating body fluids.

Indications:
Dissolution of urate and cystine uroliths
Prevention of urate, oxalate and cystine uroliths
Renal failure-advanced
Hepatic copper storage disease.

Key Benefits:
Protein, Calcium, Nucleic acids - Reduced - Urolithiasis: Decreases urinary concentration of constituents of urate, oxalate and cystine uroliths.
Target urinary pH Alkaline: pH 7.1-7.7 - Discourages formation and aggregation of non-struvite crystals.
Protein - High quality & reduced - Kidney disease: Reduces accumulation of toxic protein break down products.
Non-protein calories - Increased - Ensures adequate energy, avoiding protein catabolism.
Phosphorus - Reduced - Slows progression of kidney disease.
Dietary buffering capacity - Increased - Helps counteract metabolic acidosis. Lessens muscle wasting.
Sodium - Reduced - Controls hypertension. Slows progression of kidney disease. Limits fluid retention in early heart disease.
B-complex vitamins - Increased - Combats increased urinary losses due to polyuria.
Copper - Reduced - Avoids copper toxicity due to defective elimination of copper by the liver.
Vitamin E, Beta-carotene - High - Reduces harmful free radicals to help combat urolithiasis. Vitamin C is not supplemented because it is a precursor of oxalate

Warning:
Not recommended for Cats, Puppies, Pregnant or lactating bitches, Dogs with struvite urolithiasis, Dogs with hypoalbuminaemia, hyperlipidaemia or pancreatitis, or with a history of, or at risk of, pancreatitis and First 1-2 weeks after surgery.

It is recommended you seek the advice of your veterinary surgeon before feeding your animal this diet.

Please note: images are for illustration purposes only and pack sizes/strengths and new packaging styles may not be reflected in the image shown.