indications
Hills Prescription Diet Feline c/d Stress Reduced Calorie is recommended for:

- Initial nutritional management of cats prone to obesity and any type of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD), including crystalluria and/or urolithiasis, urethral plugs and feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC).

- Dissolution of sterile struvite uroliths in cats prone to obesity

- Long-term nutritional management of cats prone to overweight and predisposed to:

• Uroliths and struvite crystals, calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate (reduction of occurrences and recurrences).

• Urethral plugs (almost exclusively associated with struvite or calcium phosphate crystals).

• Feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC)

Not recommended for:

- Pregnant or lactating cats.

- Debilitated, underweight or dehydrated cats.

Description
Features:

L-tryptophan and hydrolyzed milk protein:
For stress management, a known risk factor for ICF.

GAGs (Glucosaminoglycans):
Natural components of the bladder wall mucosa.

Omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA):
To help break the inflammation cycle.

Energy & Fat:
Helps to prevent weight gain.

Fiber:
Provides an increase in the food bolus contributing to satiety and reducing hunger

L-Carnitine:
Helps increase the conversion of fat into energy. Helps maintain lean muscle mass.

L-lysine:
Helps preserve lean muscle mass.

Magnesium, Phosphorus and Calcium:
Decreases urinary concentration of struvite constituents (magnesium and phosphate) and calcium oxalate constituents.

Sodium:
Helps maintain healthy kidney function.

Citrate:
It forms soluble complexes with calcium to inhibit the formation of calcium oxalate.

pH target:
It inhibits the formation and aggregation of struvite crystals, without enhancing the formation of oxalate crystals.

Water:
Increases urine volume to dilute constituents of all uroliths and reduce recurrence of FIC.

Vitamin E & ?-carotene:
Helps neutralize free radicals to help fight urolithiasis.

Ingredients
Chicken: Chicken protein (32%) and dehydrated turkey, dehydrated corn gluten, broken rice, cellulose, corn, beet pulp, flax seed, soy oil, minerals, fish oil, hydrolysed animal protein, animal fat, L-lysine, vitamins, potassium, citrate, DL-methionine, taurine, hydrolyzed milk protein, L-tryptophan, hydrolyzed crustacean shell, trace elements, hydrolyzed cartilage and beta-carotene. Naturally preserved with a blend of tocopherols and citric acid.