What can malnutrition cause in dogs?

 Diseases in dogs due to malnutrition

      What can malnutrition cause in dogs?

Did you know that food quality and a balanced diet are essential factors in maintaining your dog's health? In fact, there are many diseases that only affect dogs due to the lack of attention to the quality of the food they are fed.

Proper nutrition for dogs contributes to boosting immunity and helps the dog cope with various diseases, and proper nutrition for dogs provides longer life and efficiency. What can malnutrition cause in dogs?What are 5 diseases caused by malnutrition?

   5 diseases that affect dogs due to malnutrition:

   1 Obesity affects dogs due to neglect of proper nutrition

• Obesity is a canine epidemic that affects more than 50% of dogs in America. Even worse, obese dogs are more likely to develop arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer.
• According to the Association for Pet Obesity Control (APOP), the lifespan of pets can be affected by obesity.
• Unfortunately, all of the pets examined by vets in an association study were found to be obese.
• The funny thing about the study is that over 90% of dog owners believed their pets were a normal weight before the study was conducted on them.
• So pay attention to the number of calories and the amount of fat in the dog's food. While both are important in the diet, excessive intake of them can cause or increase obesity in dogs. Read: How do you calculate the calories your dog needs per day?
• Similarly, finding an appropriate dog diet that limits calories and fat can help an overweight or obese dog lose weight and ultimately help the dog live a healthy life.
• Therefore, determine the ideal weight for your pet in consultation with your vet

 

   2 Pancreatitis.

Pancreatitis develops when the pancreas becomes inflamed, causing the release of digestive enzymes in the abdominal area. If this happens, digestive enzymes will begin destroying fats and proteins in other organs, as well as the pancreas.

It is known that fats in dog food are linked to the development of pancreatitis and can stimulate the secretion of a hormone that stimulates the pancreas to secrete digestive hormones.

Eating fat can increase the risk of developing pancreatitis, so if your dog already suffers from pancreatitis, you should start by offering simple dog foods that are low in fat and easy to digest.

 

   3 bladder stones.

• Not all bladder stones are the same: they can be made of different types of minerals and other materials. For example, calcium oxalate bladder stones are mainly composed of calcium, while struvite is mainly composed of magnesium and phosphate (phosphorus).
• Bladder stones can start out small, but over time they can increase in number and size, causing urinary problems such as changing urine color, difficulty urinating, or redness of the urine mixed with blood.
• Talk to your vet if you think your dog has bladder stones. He or she can determine the type of bladder stone and recommend a diet to dissolve it, or surgery to remove it if it is a type that cannot be dissolved with foods such as calcium oxalate. He or she may also recommend a special diet that can help prevent bladder stone formation.
• Even if your dog is not currently suffering from bladder stones, he may benefit from a diet low in calcium and phosphorus. Your vet knows what's best for your dog's health.

 

   4 Heart disease in dogs

Dogs suffer from heart disease just as often as we do, especially if their diet is not properly balanced. One of the main factors for heart disease in dogs is sodium (salt) intake.

Also, the increase in sodium in the diet causes an increase in blood sodium levels, and these high sodium levels cause water retention in the arteries and high blood pressure.

As blood pressure rises, a sick dog's heart must continue to expand to overcome the increased pressure to pump blood out of the ventricles.

Do you feed your dog home cooked food? Does the dog's current diet contain a large amount of sodium? Talk to your vet about these things and how your dog can benefit from a healthy, low-sodium diet.

 

   5- Diarrhea.

• Dogs often suffer from diarrhea, but there are two main types of diarrhea: small intestinal diarrhea and large intestinal diarrhea. It is noted that dogs with small intestinal diarrhea usually produce large amounts of soft stools, but do so several times a day.
• When a colon is disrupted, affected dogs will typically become stressed by regularly producing small amounts of watery stools throughout the day.
• Discuss with your veterinarian how fats, fiber