{"topic_id":"PRESCRIPTION_DIET_WSAVA_GUIDANCE","category":"intl-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: PRESCRIPTION_DIET_WSAVA_GUIDANCE\ncategory: intl-2026\ntitle: \"Therapeutic / veterinary prescription diets — WSAVA nutritional-care guidance (vet-directed)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines (current v2, 2025) — 'Guide to Nutrition' / Global Nutrition Committee\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/wsava/wsava_guide_nutrition_v2_260223.pdf\nsource_type: professional_guideline_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 3\nsource_document: \"WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines v2 (wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WSAVA_GuideNutrition_v2_260223.pdf)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Global Nutrition Committee\"\n  title: \"Therapeutic / veterinary prescription diets — WSAVA nutritional-care guidance (vet-directed)\"\n  url: \"https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/global-nutrition-guidelines/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines v2 (2025) — veterinarian-directed nutritional care\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary guideline (first-hand PDF, C1 substring-verified)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Therapeutic / veterinary prescription diets — WSAVA nutritional-care guidance (vet-directed)\n\nSource: WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines (current v2, published 2025; `WSAVA_GuideNutrition_v2_260223.pdf`, WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee), retrieved 2026-07-29. This is the **WSAVA guidance layer** of stage-16 P2 (\"处方粮目录 + WSAVA\"). Therapeutic / veterinary \"prescription\" diets are a clinical-nutrition intervention; WSAVA frames nutritional care — including therapeutic diets — as a function of the veterinary healthcare team, directed by the veterinarian.\n\n> **Scope note:** The roadmap explicitly excludes brand SKU catalogs (\"品牌官网 SKU 大目录 反爬重+不可校验；处方粮方向只做 WSAVA/AAHA 指南层\"). This topic therefore provides the *guidance/regulatory-framing* layer, not a product catalog.\n> **Regulatory status (context, not a C1 claim):** In major markets (US/EU), veterinary/\"prescription\" diets are marketed as **pet food (feed)**, not as FDA/EMA-approved medicines; they are typically distributed through veterinary channels. Specific statutory wording varies by jurisdiction and should be confirmed against the local feed-law text — flagged `needs_review` for the regulatory-status sentence.\n\n## WSAVA: nutritional care is veterinarian-directed\n\n### Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Your veterinary healthcare team has the knowledge, skills and competences to serve as the expert source of`   (WSAVA: the VHCT is the expert source of nutrition guidance for owners — Global Nutrition Guidelines v2.)\n- `Is nutritional care being directed by the veterinarian, with VN`   (WSAVA: nutritional care — including therapeutic diets — should be directed by the veterinarian, with veterinary-nurse collaboration — Global Nutrition Guidelines v2.)\n- `Your VHCT focuses on proper nutrition for every patient that presents`   (WSAVA: the veterinary healthcare team addresses proper nutrition for every patient — Global Nutrition Guidelines v2.)\n","sources":["International standards (AAFCO / FEDIAF / WSAVA) — Therapeutic / veterinary prescription diets — WSAVA nutritional-care guidance (vet-directed) (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"International standards (AAFCO / FEDIAF / WSAVA)","title":"Therapeutic / veterinary prescription diets — WSAVA nutritional-care guidance (vet-directed)","url":"https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/global-nutrition-guidelines/","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines v2 (wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WSAVA_GuideNutrition_v2_260223.pdf)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/wsava/wsava_guide_nutrition_v2_260223.pdf"},"source_document":"WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines v2 (wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WSAVA_GuideNutrition_v2_260223.pdf)","source_file":"pdf-raw/wsava/wsava_guide_nutrition_v2_260223.pdf","tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}