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Fleas on Dogs or Puppies
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Fleas are small, flat, wingless, external parasites that feed off the blood of your adult dog or puppy. Fleas are not only an annoying problem for dogs and owners, they also cause diseases such as allergies, anemi...
Fleas on Cats and Kittens
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Fleas are small, flat, wingless, external parasites that feed off the blood of your adult cat or kitten. Fleas are not only an annoying problem for cats and owners; they also cause diseases such as allergies, anemia and tapeworms. Fleas can bee seen crawling on your cat...
Potassium Supplements
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Potassium Chloride and Potassium Gluconate are supplements that are used to increase the amount of potassium in your pet’s blood. Pets that have a deficiency of potassium usually have an underlying condition such as a chronic kidney condition or kidney failure. T...
Taurine
...ize Taurine from glycine in their own bodies, but cats, being strict carnivores, never developed this ability. This is the main reason that cats especially should never be fed a 100% vegetarian diet. Dogs may also suffer a deficiency, but it is not found ad often as it is in cats. Taurine deficiency...
Ticks
...odsucking ectoparasites that attach themselves to dogs, cats, and humans. Ticks are not insects; they are small arachnids which are related to spiders. Some ticks attach and feed on the head, neck, shoulders, and pubic areas, while other ticks are more prone to feeding on and in the ear...
Addisons Disease (Hypoadrenocorticism)
I recently had a male shih tzu age 14 who was being treated for arthritis with Rymadal. On a Saturday night, he stopped eating completing but continued to drink water and urinate. He had dry heaves vomitting and kept going over to his food dish, acting like he wanted to eat, but couldn't. Our v...
Coccidiosis
... coccidia) are passed in the feces of an infected cat or dog. These oocysts are very resistant to environmental conditions and can survive for some time on the ground. Under the right conditions of temperature and humidity, these oocysts “sporulate”. If the sporulated oocysts are ingeste...
Affenpinscher
HISTORY Origin GERMANY
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
...r is a tick-borne disease that affects humans and dogs. Tick-borne means that the disease is carried and transmitted through a tick bite. In the US, the American dog tick, and the Rocky Mountain tick are types of ticks that...