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ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery2025

Feline Comorbidities: A nutritional approach to management.

Cecilia Villaverde, Marta Hervera

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Review in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Cecilia VillaverdeExpert Pet Nutrition, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-5540-7949
Marta HerveraExpert Pet Nutrition, Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

practical relevanceSpecific nutritional management strategies play an important role in several feline diseases. Comorbidities sensitive to nutritional management should be taken into account when formulating a feeding plan for cats; this should include diet choice, daily allowance and feeding method. Cats with multiple disease conditions, especially those in the senior age range, make up a significant proportion of patients seen in clinical practice; nutritional management strategies are therefore an important consideration for practitioners. CLINICAL CHALLENGES: Nutritional strategies indicated for each condition in a cat with comorbidities might not be compatible. Even when they are compatible, commercial diets may not always be available for the specific combination of diseases. Choosing the best diet for each patient requires careful nutritional assessment and knowledge of the nutritional profile of the dietary options available. EVIDENCE BASE: The evidence for the nutritional management of several feline conditions is variable and is focused on cats with one disease. The recommendations provided in this paper are drawn from the existing literature as well as the clinical experience of the authors.

aimsThe aim of this review is to protocolise the nutritional approach to comorbidities and discuss important aspects to consider when making dietary choices for patients with comorbities, including nutritional assessment, identifying nutritional strategies for each condition, the assessment of the compatibility of nutritional goals, disease prioritisation and decision-making. Audience: This paper sets out a practical, step-by-step approach for general and feline veterinary healthcare team members to customise for the nutritional management of feline patients with comorbidities.

Indexed as

Cat DiseasesDietAnimal FeedAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsCatsComorbiditycomorbiditiesdietNutritionsenior

Identifiers

PMID40022610
PMCPMC11874005

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