Digestive Support Dog
Health benefits
- Limitation of the solicitation of the digestive tract (high energy density and high digestibility)
- Digestive immunity (Digest Plus Complex: clay, probiotics, prebiotics, fibres, butyrate and nucleotides)
- Maintenance of food intake (high appetite: animal proteins and fats)
- Limiting the number of food allergens (free of beef, gluten, corn, wheat, soy, egg, fish, dairy products)
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Compensation for losses (high energy density and increased drink intake: protein and sodium)
Available sizes:
- 1.5 kg
- 3 kg
- 7 kg
- 12 kg
Dogs and cats are carnivores regardless of their health status. The VETERINARY HPM Clinical Diets are based on a formulation high in protein and low in carbohydrate (HP-LC), of which 90% of the protein is of animal origin.
Composition :
Dehydrated pork and poultry proteins*, rice*, animal fats, lignocellulose, hydrolysed pork and poultry proteins*, beet pulp, minerals, fish oil*, linseed, brewers yeast (source of betaglucan and nucleotide), psyllium fibre (Plantago (L.) spp.), fructo-oligosaccarides, calcium butyrate, Lactobacillus acidophilus.
*highly digestible ingredients
Analytical Constituents :
(% as fed)
VETERINARY HPM® formulas do not contain any artificial colours or flavours.
| Analytical Constituents (% as fed) |
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|---|---|
| Moisture | 9 % |
| Protein | 34 % |
| Animal to vegetal protein ratio | 92/08 |
| Fat | 22 % |
| Minerals | 7,5 % |
| Crude Fibre | 6 % |
| Total dietary fibre | 10,5 % |
| NFE * | 21,5 % |
| Starch | 17 % |
| Calcium | 1,3 % |
| Phosphorus | 0,9 % |
| Sodium | 0,6 % |
| Potassium | 0,8 % |
| Omega-6 | 2,5 % |
| Omega-3 | 0,9 % |
| ME** calculated | 384 kcal/100g |
| ME** measured in vivo | 411 kcal/100g |
| * Nitrogen Free Extract: carbohydrate ** Metbolisable energy |
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| Functional Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| Bentonite | 5g/kg |
| Killed Lactobacilli | 7 mg/kg |
| Butyrate | 430 mg/kg |
| Nucleotides | 560 mg/kg |
| Beta Glucan | 500 mg/kg |
| Added Vitamins & trace elements | |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A | 12 600 IU/kg |
| Vitamin D3 | 1 100 IU/kg |
| Vitamin E | 570 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B1 | 3,8 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B2 | 11 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B3 | 30 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B5 | 26 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B6 | 3 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B9 | 0,48 mg/kg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0,071 mg/kg |
| Choline | 740 mg/kg |
| Taurine | 1 500 mg/kg |
| Copper | 15 mg/kg |
| Iodine | 1,1 mg/kg |
| Zinc | 140 mg/kg |
It is advisable to follow the ration table and to provide fresh drinking water.
| Body Weight (kg) | Daily Ration (g/day) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight | Normal* | Recovering/skinny | |
| 3 | 65 | 85 | 100 |
| 5 | 95 | 120 | 140 |
| 8 | 130 | 160 | 195 |
| 10 | 150 | 185 | 225 |
| 15 | 195 | 245 | 295 |
| 20 | 235 | 295 | 355 |
| 25 | 275 | 345 | 415 |
| 30 | 310 | 390 | 465 |
| 40 | 375 | 470 | 565 |
| 60 | 495 | 615 | 740 |
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*Adult dog with optimal body weight and normal physical activity The daily ration is based on the dog’s CURRENT bodyweight, and must be adjusted every week during recovery and every month in the medium/long term. |
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- Can I feed my puppy with a home-made diet?
The food that puppys receive throughout their first year must obviously provide energy and materials to build the skeleton, the muscles and all the new tissues. But nutrition doesn't stop there: it must also help puppys to develop a fully functioning nervous system and effective immune system. Any deficiency in essential nutrients (those who cannot be synthesized by the animal's body) during this very delicate period may affect the dog's future health.
Many recipes developed by veterinary nutritionists are available for owners who wish to prepare a nutritionally balanced home-made diet for their puppy. However, it is illusory to succeed in respecting all the required conditions because the nutritional balance of a household ration is subject to various hazards. The owner will always find it difficult to follow the recipe exactly, the necessary ingredients are not always available, and the nutritional composition of the ingredients can vary considerably depending on the origin of the product. When preparing a home-made diet, no laboratory analysis can verify the nutritional composition of the raw materials used!
Therefore, even when accompanied by the distribution of a mineral and vitamin supplement, home-made diets for dogs often show deficiencies in some essential nutrients.
- Can I feed my puppy with a vegetarian diet?
The dog is a carnivore, which means that certain nutrients he needs cannot be provided by a plant-based diet. Such diets can cause major nutritional deficiencies with serious consequences on health. For this reason, a puppy should never be fed a vegetarian diet.
- Can I feed my puppy with raw meat diets?
Raw meat diets (red meat or chicken) are often deficient in calcium and phosphorus. The Calcium/Phosphorus ratio is totally inappropriate for the canine species, especially in terms of bone growth. Such a diet can cause major nutritional deficiencies with serious consequences on health. For example, when fed exclusively a raw meat diet, the puppy is exposed to the risk of pathologic fractures following minor trauma.