10 Dec, 2008
What Dog Supplements Shoud I Use
General purpose supplements that contain a range of water soluble vitamins, fat soluble vitamins, minerals and trace elements are most often used. Water soluble vitamins are eliminated from the body and therefore need to be replaced regularly. Fat soluble vitamins are stored in the liver, and excessive doses can be harmful. Trace elements are inorganic substances that are required in minute amounts and play a key role in the metabolic process. The supplements are often supplies in the form of a palatable powder that can be sprinkled over the dog’s food and will not deter it from eating.
Read the rest of this entry »
10 Dec, 2008
Why Do My Dog Eat Feces And How Can I Stop It
This activity tends to occur in dogs that have been in kennels for long periods of their lives, especially if that environment did not conforom to scrupulous standards of hygiene. It is different from the case of a dam with young puppies, for whom it is normal behavior to consume the stools of her offspring as a means of helping to conceal their presence. Discuss the problem with your veterinarian who can give you substances to ass to the dog’s food. These will make the dog feel ill if it attempts to eat its feces.
Read the rest of this entry »
10 Dec, 2008
Is my Dog having Food Allergy
A food allergy manifests itself in the form of itchy, sensitive skin, and often a rash. Some dogs appear to be vulnerable to this type of problem.
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
calculi dog urinary
The formation of calculi, or urinary stones, in the kidney is rare in small animals, but their occurrence in 
the bladder and urethra is common, especially in the dog.
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
dog warts
Warts are small nodular growths occurring on the skin and mucous membranes in different parts of the
body. They are of two types: Hard warts characterized by round, smooth, horny elevations, which occur especially on the eyelids, neck, head, and back of old cats and dogs; and soft warts characterized by a flat, rough, cauliflowerlike appearance, which occur principally in the mouth and on the genital organs of young dogs.
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
dog fleas
Human fleas, dog fleas, cat fleas, and the stick tight fleas of poultry all attack dogs and cats, and the human flea can also breed on hogs. The cat flea, dog flea, and human flea serve as intermediate hosts for the dog tapeworm, which can infect human beings. All three of these flea species can-although they usually do not-carry bubonic plague. Fleas are also apparently associated with summer eczema of dogs. To this list of evils must be added the torment caused by fleas and the fact that, uncontrolled, they can completely overrun houses and farm buildings. Why put up with them, asks Bishop, when they can easily be suppressed?
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
dog fits running
The symptoms of running fits, also known as fright disease, barking fits, furious fits, and canine hysteria, 
are rather accurately indicated by the names given to this nervous disease; for no apparent reason the dog suddenly starts running and barking, then hides in dark place, or may have spasms and convulsions. Attacks recur and the condition may last for years. Many persons have mistakenly confused it with rabies. No cause is definitely known, though the disease has been attributed to infection, heredity, inbreeding, circulatory disturbances, deficiency of vitamin A or vitamin B1,indigestion, intestinal poisoning, parasites, estrum, and various irritations and excitements.
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
dog ticks
There are eight different species of ticks that attack dogs, but most people know them all as “dog ticks” 
or “wood ticks.” Practically all of them also bite human beings. Several carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia, or rabbit fever. All have somewhat similar habits and life histories and must feed on blood to reproduce.
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
Dogs mange of
Dogs are attacked by three kinds of mites, each of which causes different kind of mange.
Read the rest of this entry »
9 Dec, 2008
enteritis feline
Considered to be the most serious disease of cats and frequently occurring in severe outbreaks, feline 
enteritis is especially disastrous to young animals, among which the mortality rate is often higher than 80 percent. The virus that causes the disease is spread by direct or indirect contact and by fleas. Stein describes the disease as sudden in its appearance and rapid and violent in its course, producing high fever, an acute inflammation of the intestinal tract a marked decrease in the number of white blood cells, great depression, and rapid loss of flesh. Sometimes kittens die before any apparent symptoms develop. Parasitic infestation, undernourishment, another devitalizing factors lower the resistance of animals.
Read the rest of this entry »
