(180g) Wepharm WeCogni Vision & Brain support dogs & cats

(180g) Wepharm WeCogni Vision & Brain support dogs & cats Description

WeCogni® contains a set of antioxidant substances, highly effective in nutritional support against oxidative stress in the cells of the nervous and ocular systems.

Increased care in veterinary medicine has a direct impact on the average life expectancy of dogs and cats. This increase in average life expectancy leads to a higher incidence of pathologies related to geriatrics.

The formation of oxygen free radicals occurs during the course of metabolic processes, whether physiological or pathological. They are highly unstable molecules and, in general, are produced in mitochondria as a natural response to aggressive situations, such as inflammation and light radiation, but they can also result from physiological processes.

Endogenous antioxidant levels tend to decrease with age. When the amount of reactive oxygen species exceeds the capacity of endogenous antioxidant mechanisms, a condition of oxidative stress sets in, responsible for the degradation of cellular components.

Cognitive dysfunction is one of the pathologies that affects geriatric dogs and cats, resulting in a sequence of degenerative changes in the brain. It is characterized by behavioral changes resulting from a decrease in cognitive capacity and learned behavior.

Due to their high oxygen consumption and exposure to light, retinal cells are especially susceptible to damage induced by oxidative stress which, in turn, can lead to the death of retinal photoreceptors (rods and cones).