Hill's L/D Perscription Food is what they have put Mia on. We had her blood work checked and did the bile acid test on her and found out she did have liver problems. Our vet refered us to Texas A & M, and they retested her and came up with the same results. After they did an ultrasound on her and found no visible liver shunt, they feared she may have MVD. The only way to dignose MVD is with a biopsy of the liver, which they did do, and sure enough, she does have it.
They put her on the L/D food and she is doing great on in so far, but it has only been 9 days since her surgery. But she has not thrown it up once, and before making the switch she was throwing up quite a bit.
If you have a dog with liver problems, stay away from Nutracal. It is very high in protein. Before we found out what Mia's problem was, every time she would throw up I would give her Nutracal. I was just making the problem worse. She was sick because of the protein her liver was unable to filter out. The vets at A & M told us to feed only the L/D an nothing else. No treats are human food at all. |