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* 1. What is your first name?

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Phosphorus homeostasis in cats occurs in the bone, as well as the

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* 5. Given that excessive phosphorus can result in progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in cats, which of the following diets is most suitable to prevent progression? A diet with:

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* 6. In a cat in IRIS Stage 1 CKD with serum phosphorus levels within normal reference interval and slightly elevated serum calcium levels, which of the following should be taken into consideration when choosing a diet?

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* 7. A 14 year old NM, DSH on a therapeutic renal diet is presented with weight loss, dehydration, USG < 1.035, increased serum creatinine, hyporexia, muscle wasting, and frailty. After rehydration, he is diagnosed with IRIS Stage 2 CKD. Which of the following problems might suggest that using an intestinal phosphate binder may be preferable to continuing with the therapeutic renal diet?

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* 8. Feeding cats in IRIS Stages 1-2 CKD a highly phosphorus-restricted diet with a Ca:P ratio of 1.9:1 long-term has been shown to result in which of the following?

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