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Managing Stress

The clear recommentation for hidden stress

Stress often hides behind GI and urinary issues. The right nutrition can help limit recurring accidents.

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Ingredients shown to control stress

  • L-tryptophan acts as a mood-balancing ingredient to enhance a stressed cat’s mood¹,²

  • Milk protein hydrolysate decreases fearfulness & increases contact with people³

  • Omega-3s address stress-induced inflammation

  • Antioxidants help manage imbalances

An epidemic hiding in plain sight" - A behaviourist perspective on stress in cats

Which nutrition is right for your patient?

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Prescription Diet GI Biome Stress

NEW clinical nutrition formulated with ingredients to help manage stress & digestive upsets in cats.

  • Helps promote a calming effect, improve digestion & stool quality
  • Clinically formulated to promote regular, healthy stool in as little as 24 hours⁴
  • Helps limit the recurrence of digestive upsets
  • With ActivBiome+ Technology, a propietary blend of prebiotics that's clinically shown to rapidly nourish the gut microbiome to support digestive health and well-being

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Prescription Diet c/d Multicare Stress

Clinical nutrition specially formulated to support a cat's urinary health with ingredients to control stress.

  • Clinically proven to lower the recurrence rate of the most common urinary signs by 89%⁵

  • Formulated to reduce emotional upset, a risk factor for common urinary signs

  • Helps dissolve struvite stones in as little as 7 days (average 27 days)⁶

  • Formulated to decrease long-term risk of calcium oxalate stones when fed daily

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Prescription Diet c/d Multicare Stress + Metabolic

Clinical nutrition that supports urinary health with added ingredients to help manage stress and maintain healthy weight.

  • Clinically proven to lower the recurrence rate of the most common urinary signs by 89%⁵
  • Clinically proven nutrition to reduce body weight by 11% in 60 days⁷,⁸
  • Helps dissolve struvite stones in as little as 7 days (average 27 days)⁶

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Prescription Diet i/d Stress

Clinical nutrition shown to calm and manage stress-related behaviors including digestive upsets in dogs under 14kg.

  • Helps promote a calming effect, supports healthy digestion & improves stool quality

  • With ActivBiome+ Technology, a propietary blend of prebiotics that's clinically shown to rapidly nourish the gut microbiome to support digestive health and well-being

  • Highly digestible formula with milk protein hydrolysate to help manage stress

  • Enriched with clinically proven antioxidants & omega-3s from fish oil

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¹Pereira GG, Fragoso S, Pires E. Effect of dietary intake of L-Tryptophan supplementation on multi housed cats presenting stress related behaviours, in Proceedings, BSAVA 2010 DMS10000044045.

²Meyer HP, Becvarova I. Effects of a urinary food supplemented with milk protein hydrolysate and L-tryptophan on feline idiopathic cystitis - results of a case series in 10 cats. Intern J Appl Res Vet Med 2016;14:59-65.

³Beata et al. J Vet Behavior 2007;2:40-46.

⁴Wernimont, S.M., et al. Food with Specialised Dietary Fibre Sources Improves Clinical Outcomes in Adult Cats with Constipation or Diarrhoea (in a 2 Month Study). FASEB J. 2020;34(1). Some cats may require multi modal management.

⁵Kruger JM, Lulich JP, Merrills J, et al. Comparison of foods with differing nutritional profiles for long-term management of acute nonobstructive idiopathic cystitis in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2015;247(5):508–517.

⁶Lulich JP, Kruger JM, MacLeay JM, et al. Efficacy of two commercially available, low-magnesium, urine-acidifying dry foods for the dissolution of struvite uroliths in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2013;243(8):1147-1153.

⁷Floerchinger AM, Jackson MI, Jewell DE, et al. Effect of feeding a weight loss food beyond a caloric restriction period on body composition and resistance to weight gain in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2015;247(4):365-374.

⁸Data on file, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. 2020.