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How much FAT is really in that food?

It can be very tricky to figure out the true amount of fat in a food. The amount of water contained in a food greatly alters the reported fat content (what shows up on the label), and if you want to get an apples-to-apples sort of number for fats, you need to look at how […]

What Potatoes Do

I’d like to start a series of posts that talk a little more in depth about the things we used in Louie’s diet, and why we used them.

Let’s start with potatoes. I became a big proponent of potatoes in the CIL diet after a time. We had tried rice, with varying levels of success, […]

Rest in Peace

Louie September 1997 – March 24, 2013

If you have landed here because you searched for information on Canine Lymphangiectasia, you came to the right place.

The best way to find information here quickly is to use the categories section in this column.

Clicking on a category will bring up a list of all the posts in that category.

Posts about Canine Intestinal Lymphangiectasia are listed under CIL, and so forth. Please read the information there; it could prove invaluable as you navigate the maze of uncertainty that this disease often brings.

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Various articles from this blog and around the internet containing information that could be helpful to you.

CIL, How it Works (very important information here)

Lymphangiectasia (Wikipedia entry)

Diagnosis and management of protein-losing enteropathies, Stanley L. Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM

Canine Lymphangiectasia 101

Canine Lymphangiectasia (a description from Purdue University)

Louie's Story. Not exactly required reading, but this will help you gain some background on our specific story and what we went through.