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SynopsisCats with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have particular nutritional needs. Most importantly, they need to eat foods with as low a phosphorus content as possible.Special therapeutic kidney diets are widely available, but not every CKD cat will eat these foods; and it is essential that a CKD cat eats. This book therefore lists the composition of more than 1300 US cat foods from a CKD perspective i.e. providing the phosphorus, protein, sodium, fat and carbohydrate values on a dry matter analysis, together with the calorie content. If you have a cat with kidney disease, you need this book. Don't go cat food shopping without it, Cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have particular nutritional needs. Most importantly, they need to eat foods with as low a phosphorus content as possible.Special therapeutic kidney diets are widely available, but not every CKD cat will eat these foods; and it is essential that a CKD cat eats. This book therefore lists the composition of more than 1300 US cat foods from a CKD perspective i.e. providing the phosphorus, protein, sodium, fat and carbohydrate values on a dry matter analysis, together with the calorie content. If you have a cat with kidney disease, you need this book. Don't go cat food shopping without it!