Blue Buffalo Natural Veterinary Diet – W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care Dry Dog Food (22 Lb)

BLUE WU Weight Management + Urinary Care is a diet with ideal levels of fat, calories and fiber to help properly manage weight, plus controlled mineral levels to support urinary health. Formulated with the ideal levels of fat and calories to help dogs with weight loss. Increased Fiber to supports satiety to help dogs feel fuller, longer. Formulated with controlled Mineral Levels to help support urinary health made without the grains many pet parents choose to avoid. A wholesome, natural diet that has both beneficial nutrition and a taste dogs will love.

Formulated to support weight management and urinary care, BLUE WU features the natural ingredients your clients prefer including:

• Delicious chicken
• Increased fiber to support satiety and help pets feel fuller, longer
• Added vitamins and minerals
• Grain-free formulas as preferred by many pet parents
• NO chicken (or poultry) by-product meals
• NO artifi cial preservatives, colors or flavors
• Our exclusive, antioxidant-rich LifeSource Bits®, plus wholesome fruits like blueberries and cranberries

Features & Benefits:
Weight Management
BLUE Natural Veterinary Diet WU features moderate levels of fat and calories to maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain.1 Plus, it contains L-Carnitine, which has been shown to facilitate weight loss while helping to maintain lean body mass in dogs and cats,1 along with Betaine which supports oxidation of fat and may help protect against hepatic lipidosis during weight loss.
BLUE WU has been clinically proven to reduce body fat by 39.6% in dogs and 36.8% in cats in just two months.3 It offers a safe and effective weight loss rate of 2% body weight loss per week in dogs and 1.5% body weight loss per week in cats.
BLUE WU has been clinically proven to reduce body weight by 16.3% in dogs and by 12.5% in cats over two months.

Urinary Care Support
Clinically proven to produce a urine pH of 6.0 6.4 in dogs and cats. 3 Research has shown that the recommended urinary pH to prevent struvite urolithiasis in dogs and cats is 6.2 6.4 and 6.0 6.4 respectively.
Clinically proven to produce a Struvite Relative Supersaturation of ‹1 in both dogs and cats, 3 which has been shown to limit the formation of struvite uroliths.
Clinically proven to produce a Calcium Oxalate Relative Supersaturation of ‹5 in dogs and cats, which has been shown to limit the formation of calcium oxalate uroliths.
Controlled levels of magnesium and sodium to minimize the recurrence of struvite urolithiasis.

Weight Management Indications
Weight management for obese or overweight dogs or cats
Helps to maintain lean muscle mass

Urinary Care Indications
Dogs or cats prone to lower urinary tract disease
Helps to limit the formation of struvite uroliths
Dissolution of pure struvite uroliths
Helps to limit the formation of calcium oxalate urolithiasis

Contraindications
Pregnant or lactating dogs or cats
Growth
Use of concurrent urinary acidifiers