Cert VCFHNut, Royal Canin's Practice Support Manager, Castle Cary, UK
Unlike bitches and humans, queens increase their food intake almost immediately on conception (Little et al, 2006) (Figure 2), and start gaining weight from around week two of their 65-day gestation...
Puppies are helpless at birth, unable to stand, hear or see, and totally dependent on their mother for the first few weeks of life. During the pre-weaning stage, the dam will ideally provide all the...
Both puppies and kittens are born with a low percentage of body fat, and so require a high-fat diet to increase body fat to around 22% by adulthood (Case et al, 2011). The polyunsaturated omega 3...