Dog Health Care

Ask the Dog Doctor's Veterinarian One of the best bits of advice veterinarians can give to their clients is that they keep the most careful track of the health of their pets, especially those that have passed middle age, through periodic physical checkups. Your veterinarian can make some tests that may be instrumental in prolong-in your pet's life by many years. In many … [Read more...] about Ask the Dog Doctor Veterinarian

Addison's Disease Dog Addison's disease or syndrome is the counterpart of Cushing’s disease in that the body produces too little of a cortisone-like substance. It appears to take some weeks or even months of insufficiency before a sudden attack of weakness, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting is observed. With Addison's disease, the coat will be dry and straw-like, with … [Read more...] about Addison’s Disease Dog

Babesiosis in Dog Four species of babesia have been identified with the tick-borne protozoan disease, asbestosis: Babesia can is, B. Gibson, B. Vogel, and dB. Ellis. The first three affect dogs and the fourth, is cats. These organisms are so tiny that they live in the red blood cells. From one dog to the next the transfer is made by ticks, especially the brown dog sickbays … [Read more...] about Babesiosis in Dog

Bacteria in a Dog Mouth Bacteria are single-celled organisms; those that cause disease are called pathogenic. There are many forms causing disease, and all are winsome way transmissible from one dog to another. Since bacteria are too small to be seen without magnification, they must be studied through a microscope. There they appear as different from each other as they … [Read more...] about Bacteria in a Dog Mouth

Canine Ehrlichiosis Canine Derelictions, also called tropical panicky, is a rickets disease caused by the organism called Erich can and transmitted by ticks. It appears to develop in two stages, the first lasting two to four weeks wherein the dog has depression, loss of appetite, fever, nasal and eye discharges, and a dramatic loss of weight. When the disease is diagnosed in … [Read more...] about Canine Ehrlichiosis

Disease Transmission in Dog Before dogs can contract a disease, they must in some manner be exposed to the infecting organism. Exposure can come about in many ways. Bacterial diseases may be contracted by a dog eating infected food, by inhaling the bacteria, or by bacteria entering cuts or puncture wounds. If a dog is bitten by another dog, the wounds may fester by the … [Read more...] about Disease Transmission in Dog

Distemper Dog The name distemper is a misnomer but evolved in days gone by from many maladies that were called distemper. Benjamin Franklin writes in his autobiography that he had a distemper for many months. There is no doubt that this one disease was responsible for dog population control in days before preventive inoculations. So feared by dog owners and once the … [Read more...] about Distemper Dog

Dog Abscess Abscesses are not infrequently found in dogs' prostate glands. A veterinarian can drain them through an abdominal incision and biopsy them to determine the nature of the lesion. Malignant growths have been reported in dogs' prostates. If caught in time, they can be removed surgically. Growth is one form of tumor, probably mistakenly called, that may be … [Read more...] about Dog Abscess

Canine Cushing's Disease Canine Cushing's Disease is also called Hyperadrenocorticism. When either the pituitary or the adrenal glands secrete cortisone-like material in excess over many months or when cortisone-like drugs are given to a dog over many months, physical changes take place. This condition is called Cushing's syndrome after a similar problem in humans. The … [Read more...] about Canine Cushing’s Disease

Dog Anal Glands Ailments of the anal glands, also called pouches, are among the most common troubles with dogs. The normal secretion of these small glands is a yellowish or brownish liquid that is expressed by muscles when the dog is frightened. If too much secretion accumulates in the glands, the dog often sits down and drags itself along to force the liquid out. This puts … [Read more...] about Dog Anal Glands