Feline k/d® with Chicken

For the Nutritional Management of Cats with Kidney Disease. There are many causes for kidney disease resulting in an variety of uncomfortable and life threatening symptoms for your cat. Kidney disease can be either sudden (acute) or occur gradually (chronic). Prescription Diet® Feline k/d® has been uniquely formulated to help manage cats with kidney disease. Kidney disease can result from other illness or changes in your cat’s health, breed/hereditary tendencies and even nutritional factors. The signs of kidney disease remain difficult to detect until more than two-thirds of kidney function are lost. Prescription Diet® Feline k/d® with Chicken also provides a texture and taste your cat will love. The nutritional formulation of Prescription Diet® k/d® may also be useful for pets with a variety of conditions.

Daily Feeding Guide

Cover and refrigerate unused portion. These ranges are a starting point only. Your pet may need less or more food to maintain proper weight. Adjust as needed. If you are unsure, ask your veterinarian. With your veterinarian’s approval, mix increasing amounts of your pet’s new food with decreasing amounts of the old food over a 7-day period. Feline k/d® is available in canned dry. Supplementation with other foods is unnecessary and may decrease the effectiveness of the food. When using with Feline k/d dry, decrease the amount of canned food to avoid overfeeding.

Adult maintenance - using 5.5 oz (156 g) can

Weight of Cat Amount per Day 5 lb (2,3 kg) 2/3 - 1 can 10 lb (4,5 kg) 1 1/4 - 1 2/3 can 15 lb (6,8 kg) 1 2/3 - 2 1/4 can

Product Characteristics

Protein Reduced Phosphorus Reduced Sodium Reduced Chloride Reduced Dietary Buffering Capacity Increased Soluble Fiber Source Added Omega-3 Fatty Acids High B-Complex Vitamins Added Non-Protein Calories Increased Added Antioxidant Help reduce free radical damage to counteract oxidative stress Target Urine pH More alkaline (6.6 – 6.9)* *Urine pH of individual cats may vary due to complicating factors such as time of feeding before urine collection, type of urine collection, individual animal variation, and test methodology.

Metabolizable Energy¹ (Caloric Content)

Canned      1173 kcal/kg (183 kcal/ 156 g can )

¹Measurement of Usable Energy in a food, which differs substantially from gross caloric content.

Average Nutrient Contents

Nutrient   Nutrient Guarantee % As Fed¹ % Dry Matter² % As Fed, Caloric Basis³ g/100 kcal Protein 6.5 min 7.6 28.9 6.5 Fat 5.5 min 7.1 27.0 6.1 Carbohydrate (NFE) 9.3 35.4 7.9 Crude Fiber 1.2 max 0.8 3.0 0.7 mg/100 kcal³ Calcium 0.10 min 0.17 0.65 145 Phosphorus 0.04 min 0.10 0.38 85 Sodium 0.08 0.30 68 Potassium 0.31 1.18 264 Magnesium 0.024 max 0.013 0.049 11 Taurine 0.10 min 0.11 0.42 94 Omega-3 Fatty Acids Total 0.19 0.72 162

¹Differs from label guarantees which are either maximums or minimums. ²The nutrient in the product after moisture is removed. It is used to make direct comparisons of nutrient profiles of products with differing moisture contents. ³Nutrient intake for every 100 kilocalories consumed.

Ingredients

Water, pork liver, chicken, pork by-products, rice, oat fiber, starch, glucose, chicken fat, psyllium seed husk, guar gum, fish oil, DL-methionine, taurine, L-cysteine, glycine, minerals (potassium citrate, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, salt, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), beta carotene, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, ascorbic acid (a source of vitamin C), niacin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).