New study will enable more precise recommendations for a safe calcium upper limit in adult dog food The importance of calcium in the diet of children is well known, and parents are usually keen th...
A collaborative team of researchers has found that cats are able to consume a diet relatively high in fat without raising cholesterol levels. The research also showed that, as long as cats’ daily calo...
At the Waltham Petcare Science Institute, our ambition is to advance science so pets can live healthier, not just longer lives. Over the past years, we’ve been helping veterinary teams move from simpl...
Even though we’re well into November, the lessons of October’s Pet Obesity Awareness Month are relevant year-round. But as pets and people are spending more time indoors due to the colder weather and ...
Insights from a new Waltham study may make mealtime easier for owners of older or fussy cats. And the answer could be as simple as warming their food. The research team wanted to find out if the tem...
The study conducted by Mars Petcare Poland and the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition in collaboration with the Polish Small Animal Veterinary Association, showed that introducing an element of commerci...
Dogs like to move! In fact, when not asleep, it’s hard to get them to remain very still at all. If they are not actively walking or running, then wagging tails, endless sniffing and other body movemen...
We are partnering with biotech companies Diversigen, Inc. and Synomics to harness the power of AI and big data and investigate new ways to prevent and predict conditions affecting pets’ health. The re...