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scribed for two weeks. After two weeks, the dog was reexamined.
VetBooks.ir The extraction sites were healing well and the owner comment-
ed that the dog was more active than it had been for many
months. The dog was fed the dry form of the same renal food
(Prescription Diet k/d Canine) and the owner was instructed to
provide daily oral care through toothbrushing and feeding four
kibbles of Prescription Diet t/d Canine/day.The combined foods
were calculated to deliver approximately 500 kcal/day (2.1
MJ/day).

Endnotes
a. Bayer Animal Health, Shawnee, KS, USA.
b. Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS, USA.
c. Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA.
d. Upjohn Veterinary Products, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. Figure 1. Radiographic evaluation indicating severe alveolar bone
e. Addison Laboratories, Fayette, MO, USA. loss around the distal roots of the mandibular fourth premolar and
first molar.
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