• CURATIVE CAT
• RENAL
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• ANTI-STRUVITE
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• ATOPY/SENSITIVE
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• WEIGHT REDUCTION
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• PREVENTIVE CAT
• KITTEN
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• ADULT
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• SENIOR
  • INDICATION
  • EFFICACY
  • FOOD SCHEDULE
  • INGREDIENTS
  • ANALYSIS
• DOG

Renal

Efficacy

An appropriate renal diet can only delay the progression of the loss of nephrons and increase survival time. Among commercially available renal diets for cats there are great differences in efficacy (Elliot et al., 2000; Plantinga et al., 2005). Table 6 summarizes the anticipated efficacy of Sanimed Renal in relation to other diets. The anticipated efficacy is based on the ideal composition of Sanimed Renal.

Table 6. Anticipated efficacy of SANIMED Renal in comparison to other diets

Urinary pH
Chronic renal insufficiency usually is associated with a diminished excretion of acids that are formed in metabolism. To prevent a possible metabolic acidosis,
Sanimed Renal induces a neutral urinary pH. However, the risk of struvite urolithiasis will not increase because the diet is low in phosphorus, magnesium and protein. To reduce the risk of calcium oxalate urolithiasis, Sanimed Renal is low in calcium and glycine (substrate for the synthesis of oxalate).