Feeding the right diet is the foundation of managing pets with food sensitivities, intolerances and digestive tract disorders. Everyone who comes into contact with your pet should realise the importance of feeding only the recommended diet. This means avoiding any treats or snacks. It is also important that your pet does not scavenge food outside.

Specially formulated diets, such as Royal Canin Sensitivity Control, are a very important aid for your pet. To maximise diet benefits, feed little and often, dividing the daily allowance of food into two to four small meals. Your pet should always have clean, fresh drinking water available.

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control diets are formulated to minimise the number of potential sources of sensitivity or intolerance.

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control diets are recommended as an aid in the investigation and management of pets with:

nDietary sensitivity or allergy

nDietary intolerance

n Acute diarrhoea

n Chronic diarrhoea

n Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Dietary sensitivity and intolerance can manifest as:

n Vomiting

nDiarrhoea

n Skin disorders

A highly digestible diet, using a minimal number of protein and carbohydrate sources (potential allergens), is indicated in the diagnosis and management of pets with dietary sensitivity.

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control diets are also suitable to help manage pets with diarrhoea due to other causes. In such cases, the diets present a low digestive challenge. They are suitable for use in adult dogs and cats, puppies and kittens.

PROTEINS Proteins are complex organic compounds. Protein is the main component of muscles, organs and most body tissues and is vital for growth and body maintenance. A key part of the daily food, proteins are the most common source of dietary sensitivity.

FOOD ALLERGENS Food allergens (the food fragments responsible for an allergic reaction to the food) are proteins within the food that are not broken down by the heat of cooking, by stomach acids or by the enzymes that digest food. As a result they survive to cross the gastrointestinal lining, enter the bloodstream and go to target organs, causing allergic reactions (seen often as itchy skin or gut upsets) throughout the body.

LACTOSE INTOLERANCE Lactose is a sugar commonly found in milk and lactose intolerance is common in both dogs and cats. It usually results in diarrhoea. Levels of lactase, the enzyme needed to digest lactose, fall after weaning. If milk is fed to adult dogs and cats, undigested lactose remaining within the small intestine can cause digestive disorders. Royal Canin Sensitivity Control diets do not contain lactose, so avoiding this problem.

ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS

My pet is affected by acute diarrhoea , what does this mean?

Your pet is affected by acute diarrhoea when the normal digestive processes are disturbed. Water and nutrients are not being efficiently absorbed from the intestinal tract into the body; this results in frequent toileting habits of larger volumes with higher moisture content. Pets with severe diarrhoea are at risk of becoming dehydrated due to this loss of fluid. Vomiting, if present, results in even more fluid loss. Your Veterinary Surgeon will advise you when to begin to feed with Royal Canin Sensitivity Control. This highly digestible, bland diet allows the intestine to easily digest and absorb the essential nutrients needed by your dog or cat.

Why does my pet s diet contain specific sources of proteins and carbohydrates?

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control diets contain select and highly digestable ingredients:

nDuck and tapioca (canine dry)

nDuck and rice (feline dry)

nDuck and rice (canine can)

n Chicken and rice (canine can, feline pouch)

These protein and carbohydrate sources are seldom associated with dietary sensitivity in the dog and cat. Your Veterinary Surgeon will recommend the most appropriate diet for your pet s specific problem.

The recommended diet

Changing your pet s diet

A specific diet for your pet

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control diets contain specifically selected highly digestable protein and carbohydrate sources.

n Protein sources: chicken and duck.

n Carbohydrate sources: tapioca and rice.

These are seldom associated with food sensitivity in the dog and cat.

Royal Canin Sensitivity Control is enriched in antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C, taurine and lutein) to help maintain health and vitality.

Antioxidant is a general term for different types of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and other components naturally present in many foods. Antioxidants neutralise free radicals produced during normal body metabolism that can cause damage to body cells. Free radical production increases when your pet is ill.

Changing your pet s diet should always be carried out over several days. It is not uncommon for pets to refuse a new diet or to suffer from stomach upsets if the change is not gradual. On day 1, begin by adding a small amount of the new diet to your pet s existing food. As each day passes, add more of the new diet to less of the original food, until eventually you are only feeding the new diet. This change should take around 5-7 days.

Royal Canin are leaders in palatability. So confident are we that your pet will enjoy their food that we offer a no quibble, money-back guarantee. Simply return the food to your veterinary practice for a full refund*.

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