Pet Health Library
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Choosing the correct training package for dogs is just as important as selecting the right education system for children.
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There are many situations where a head collar may be recommended for your dog as it has the unique benefit of allowing control of the head that collars around the neck or body harnesses do not give.
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This is a common tumour, only found in dogs. It has a patchy world-wide distribution including parts of the Caribbean, USA, Southern Europe, Asia and Africa.
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In Australia today dogs can travel by air, rail, road or sea. Each form of travel presents it own unique set of problems.
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Various treatments are available for treatment of different types of stones (calculi, uroliths) affecting the urinary system. These medicines dissolve the stones or inhibit their formation.
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Various medications are used to treat diarrhoea. Some act by lining the gut so it is protected while it heals. Other medications slow down the movement of the intestines. Other medications have anti-inflammatory activity.
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Trilostane is used in dogs with overactive adrenal glands (hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing's syndrome).
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Maintaining nutritional intake in sick cats is vitally important. Unlike healthy cats that are able to reduce their metabolic rate when not being fed, cats that are unwell are unable to turn their rate down and will therefore 'starve' much more quickly.
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Tumours of the blood cells made in the marrow are rare. There is a continuum from dysplasias (abnormal growths) to cancers (myeloproliferative disease).
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This is a tumour of the lymphatic vessels of the skin or subcutaneous tissue. Some lymphatic tumours are benign (lymphangioma) and some malignant (lymphangiosarcoma).