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Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN) can provide clinicians with a variety of nutrition-related services that can enhance patient management and owner satisfaction. Patients with chronic or acute disease can often benefit from client or clinician consultation with an ACVN diplomate. Services offered by board-certified veterinary nutritionists include detailed diet evaluations, commercial diet counseling, weight loss program creation, guidance on nutritional management monitoring and adjustments, feeding tube placement, and parenteral and homemade diet formulation.

Calcium oxalate (CaOx) uroliths are one of the most common urolith types in dogs, cats, and humans. Many factors predispose animals to CaOx uroliths, including breed, old age, obesity, male sex, being neutered, and certain diseases. Because there are no effective strategies for medical dissolution of these uroliths, management should focus on physical removal (by surgical or nonsurgical methods) and prevention, especially in patients with recurring uroliths, high-risk breeds, and animals with predisposing diseases. Prevention focuses on diet modification, primarily to increase water intake, and the appropriate use or avoidance of specific medications.

Proper dietary management is essential to pet health, yet changing pet owners' feeding practices is often difficult. Taking a diet history provides an opportunity to open a dialogue about animals' dietary needs as well as invaluable information that will aid in tailoring specific dietary interventions to the needs and preferences of patients and their caregivers.