Specific CKD Heart Liver and Kidney Support Dry Dog Food from Dechra is a specially formulated that provides a tasty, nutritional support that supports heart, renal and liver function in case of chronic heart, kidney and/or liver insufficiency in adult dogs.

Key Benefits 

• Formulated by experts in dog nutrition to provide nutritional support for dogs with reduced heart, kidney and/or liver function
• Supports heart rhythm and normal blood pressure with a high level of fish oil for dogs - Reduced protein content puts less strain on your dog's heart €¢ High quality proteins ensure that, despite the reduced protein level, your dog gets all the amino acids it needs
• High levels of Omega-3 and restricted phosphorus content supports kidney function
• L-carnitine and taurine support heart function
• Supports healthy blood pressure and water balance with reduced salt content
• Supports during liver insufficiency to maintain normal blood ammonia and liver copper levels by reduced dietary and copper content
• Reduced protein, added potassium citrate and the alkaline urine can help prevent the formation of calcium oxalate, urate or cysteine stones

Why choose Omega 3 for dogs?

High levels of omega 3 from fish and krill can support kidney function in dogs with chronic renal failure. In dogs with cardiac disease, omega 3 fatty acids can help support normal cardiac rhythm, healthy blood pressure and maintenance of lean body mass.

For adult dogs with reduced heart, kidney and/or liver function.

Ingredients

Rice, wheat, maize, fish oil, pork fat, egg powder, Antarctic krill, minerals (including tripotassium citrate and zeolite), animal protein hydrolysate, potato protein, vitamins and trace elements (including chelated trace elements), fish meal, yeast, cellulose powder, taurine, methionine, L-carnitine, rosemary extract. With natural antioxidants (tocopherols and vitamin C). Contains no added artificial colours or flavourings.

Recommended For

Support of heart function in case of chronic cardiac insufficiency. Support of renal function in case of chronic and temporarily renal insufficiency. Support of liver function in case of chronic liver insufficiency. Urate, oxalate or cystine urolithiasis.

Not Recommended For

Puppies and pregnant or lactating bitches. Dogs with a relatively high protein requirement. Patients with cholestasis: a diet with a reduced fat content is more suitable (such as SPECIFIC™ Weight Reduction or Senior diets). Dogs with struvite urolithiasis. Dogs with hyperlipidaemia or pancreatitis.

SPECIFIC™ CKD Heart & Kidney Support has uniquely high levels of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA derived from fish oil and krill. In dogs with cardiac disease, EPA can help support maintenance of lean body mass and appetite, normal cardiac rhythm, blood pressure and aggregation. In dogs with kidney failure, omega-3 fatty acids can help to support the kidney function.

In congestive heart failure, sodium excretion is reduced as part of the compensatory response to the reduced cardiac output, and consequently sodium and water retention occurs. The reduced sodium level helps to break the vicious circle of water retention. This is essential for both kidney, liver and heart patients.

A restricted content of phosphorus is essential to support maintenance of normal blood levels of phosphorus and renal function in kidney patients.

The reduced content of protein in combination with protein of high biological value help maintain physiological blood levels of urea in dogs with renal failure. In dogs with liver failure, dietary protein restriction helps to maintain normal ammonia levels in the blood. The high biological value of the proteins supplies a sufficient amount of essential amino acids to the dog.

The restricted protein level reduces the urinary concentrations of oxalate, cystine and urate. Together with the alkaline urine pH, this discourages precipitation of urinary calcium oxalate, cystine and urate crystals and supports a healthy urinary tract. Added potassium citrate helps keep calcium oxalate in solution.