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Matters of the Heart
Many diseases of people also occur in pets. A problem that is common in people, dogs, and cats is heart disease. While these disorders have some things in common, many ailments of the heart in pets are completely different than…
Nothing Heartwarming about Heartworm
Heartworm is a long, string-like parasitic worm that has the scientific name Dirofilaria immitis. It earns its common name by living in the host’s heart, lungs, and blood vessels. Heartworm can cause severe lung disease, heart failure, organ damage, and death.…
Managing Your Pet’s Diabetes
“Heart conditions can be inherited in dogs as they are in people. Dogs can also be victims of cancer, tick-borne diseases, autoimmune conditions, arthritis, liver, or kidney disease, thyroid disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and even diabetes,” indicates Norma Bennett Woolf,…
Pet Vomit – You Just Received a Message!
Animals may vomit when something irritates, inflames or causes an infection in their intestinal tract. The location of the irritation, inflammation or infection may also determine the color of your pet’s vomit and the reason for the upchucking. Many things…
Pets Can Show Warning Signs Before Cancer Diagnosis
Warning signs can be present in your family pet before the veterinarian makes an actual diagnosis. You’ll want to be alert and watch for warning signs as preventative measures, and at the same time provide your pet with the best…
Quick Facts About Cancer
Family pets are often described as our “best friends” and news that they are sick can be devastating. Cancer is a disease that can affect family pets like dogs and cats. Through the years, research has developed many cures and…
Staph Infections & Your Pet
You may have heard of MRSA infections in people discussed in the media in this last year. Otherwise known as Staph or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, this type of bacteria is resistant to most antibiotics. People infected with this dangerous…
Types of Diabetes in Dogs
Most people have heard of diabetes and associate it with needing to administer insulin. But actually there are two different kinds of diabetes: diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus. Their symptoms can be similar, but their causes are totally different and thus their treatments are…
Understanding Canine Compulsive Disorder
If your dog has developed a tendency to pursue the same pointless activity — sucking on his flanks, chasing his own tail, barking or snapping at thin air, et cetera — he may be suffering from canine compulsive disorder, or…