The Specific diets from Dechra are developed in close collaboration with veterinarians, vet nurses & experts in animal nutrition. They are divided into two main categories
- Lifestage Diets for healthy cats & dogs, & Therapeutic Diets for the management of Clinical Conditions.
Specific Struvite Management is highly palatable & especially composed to dissolve struvite stones & crystals. Specific Struvite Management will also help with the prevention of struvite stones & crystals in adult pets. They induce low urinary concentration of magnesium & phosphorous & a low p H, which will prevent the formation of struvite.
Deposition of struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate) uroliths in the lower urinary tract is promoted by high urinary concentrations of magnesium, ammonium & phosphorus & an alkaline urinary p H. Specific Struvite Management was specially developed for the prevention of this form of urolithiasis. The reduced phosphorus & magnesium conten