Sentences with phrase «affected dogs do»

The fact that the affected dogs do not share common alleles in any loci and same alleles were present in both cases and controls excludes these known PRA genes as candidates.

It is important to understand that affected dogs do not «complain» or show outward signs that anything is wrong, until their vision declines.

However, many affected dogs do not have diarrhea or weight loss, but instead commonly exhibit «hot spots», chewing on the coat, and licking the feet or anus.

The infection has been seen to bring about fatalities in instances where affected dogs do not receive timely medical attention.

Affected dogs do not have the normal number of functional receptors for a certain neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, which makes their muscles unable to receive and act on nerve impulses that normally are associated with movement.

Most affected dogs do not show any overt clinical signs other than the jaws or teeth being out of alignment.

It is often assumed that affected dogs have growth hormone responsive alopecia (hair loss), but many affected dogs do not suffer from this.

Because symptoms may not appear until adulthood and some at - risk / affected dogs do not develop the disease, genetic testing should be performed before breeding.

This was problematic as many affected dogs do not actually develop signs of the disease until they are getting on in years, and have already produced puppies.

In general, the affected dogs do not cough at fi rst, but there are often already severe changes present on lung radiographs (X-rayed).

Collecting these may be difficult because affected dogs don't survive long and their distressed owners may not be aware of the importance of providing samples.

When a PRA - affected dog did not test «Pattern C», extensive research was done by the Baker Institute and OptiGen to define the mutation associated with PRA in this dog.

Because the affected dogs did not share common alleles, we excluded single, fully penetrant mutations in six known canine retinal disease genes: BEST1 [8], [9], PDE6B and PDE6A [23]--[26], RPE65 [6], [7], NPHP4 [28], and CNGB3 [29], [30].

Not exact matches

God Bless President Obama should be our prayer because how he does affects how our country goes and it is a sad thing that Christians have been the attack dogs.

After all, according to the next Tory Leader, George «Children Don't Need Fathers» Osborne, mentioning immigration (at least to the lower orders, who are most affected by it) is «dog - whistle politics», and any party that does it is «the nasty party».

Smallwood has also found that mood affects mind wandering: If he showed people a short video about a sick dog before they performed the task, for example, they spent more time mind wandering than did a separate group that had watched a comedy clip.

Don't let their fur fool you; a dog's skin can be affected by external factors, such as arid climates, dry heat, cool or snowy weather, chafing winds or even excess swimming.

How did having a dog affect your decisions when decorating your home?

Entitled Dog Bites Man; Pope Condems Violence; Publishers Still Don't Get It, this is an unbelievably astute commentary on some of the biggest issues affecting the publishing world today.

While it's a good choice for people as it does not affect their blood sugar levels, in dogs it can lead to a rapid, severe drop in blood sugar levels.

What is Leptospirosis and how does this bacterial infection affect dogs?

You didn't mention if you free - feed, so this can also affect when a dog poos.

There does not appear to be any significant difference in the incidence of the condition in relation to the sex of the affected dogs.

Just because a dog has the gene for hip dysplasia however, does not mean he will be affected: the severity of the disease will be directly influenced by the dog's diet and other environmental factors such as exercise level or body condition — or so the theory goes.

Dogs weighing less than 30 pounds usually do well without surgery because they don't bear as much weight on the affected leg.

Concurrently a study in Labrador retrievers has identified a mutant variant of ATP7B (Chr22) the Wilson disease copper transporter gene in their affected dogs while COMMD1 does not appear to be involved in affected dogs in this and other breeds.

Please note that the figure of 33.9 % «affected» dogs quoted above relates to a survey done on the results from dogs that had been liver biopsied and no indication was given about the number of dogs considered to be «normal».

If your veterinarian suspects your pet dog or cat to have been affected by anemia, he will have a Hematocrit (HCT) or Packed Cell Volume (PCV) blood test done.

Have a medical condition that doesn't significantly affect the dog or the training process.

Structure is controlled by genes that affect bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and growth rate, and health depends on gene interaction as simple as that governing progressive retinal atrophy (the dog either has it or he doesn't; there's no halfway) or as complex as that influencing various autoimmune diseases, seizures, or various circulatory defects.

My question is, I touch my puppies that I lend to my cousin but after that I wash my hand with a soap and put an alcohol with it did the virus dies on that or I might take the virus with me and affect my other dogs in my house?

This TedxTalk by Rodney Habib does a great job of exploring the correlation of kibble and other processed foods to shortened lifespans in dogs (due to food - caused conditions), and I prefer to let his research speak for itself in regards to the ways in which kibble affects our dogs.

There are some chronic health conditions that may affect our choice of medication for a particular dog (such as epilepsy or liver disease), but this has more to do with how the medication might be processed by the body than any inherent danger of the drug itself.

Affected dogs typically do not suffer any ill effects from the size or...

In order for these vitamins to have an affect, don't forget that your dog needs to eat good quality food, be exposed to sunlight and exercise if it needs to.

If pet parents don't attend to the dog's teeth, oral disease can hit the kidneys, liver and heart, and seriously affect a dog's quality of life.

We have designed a survey which is directed to owners of affected dogs, but can also be filled in by veterinarians if the owner is unavailable or does not want to participate.

Their skin is naturally clean and does not have the excessive wax buildup that some non-shedding dogs are affected by.

For dogs that have both ticks and fleas, that is necessary, since Preventic collars do not affect fleas.

To find this out, test mating is done to a dog that is affected with the genetic problem (resulting usually in puppies that are both affected and non-affected carriers) or by inbreeding to a related dog that also doesn't show the signs of being affected (usually litter mates are used) this will usually result in some puppies free of the problem, some puppies as carriers, and some puppies affected if both dogs carry the problem gene (this is not as accurate as breeding to an affected dog, but you are less likely to have to put all the puppies down).

The treatment of choice by veterinarians for most dogs with osteosarcoma of the leg is amputation of the affected limb, after which most dogs do function quite well.

Unfortunately, very little was done other than some enlightened breeders adopted breeding policies that excluded dogs that were affected or thought to be carriers for the condition.

Although great strides have been made in identifying genetic markers and developing screening tests for many gene - based diseases, there are no test yet for PLN, PLE, or RD. Therefore, the breed club's health committee recommends that close relatives of dogs with these diseases not be bred and that periodic tests be done on the relatives of affected dogs to determine if the disease is present and help establish a baseline for research.

Many dogs affected with dilated cardiomyopathy don't show signs of the illness during early stages.

Urine from low shedding dogs does not affect as many people either.

If canine distemper doesn't kill a dog, its aftermath causes continuous problems for the affected animal.

Irish Setters have a test available that can detect carriers and affected dogs; other breeds do not have this recourse.

Careful grooming doesn't affect your dog's skin or coat, even it is too much helpful for some dog breed.

Unfortunately, there's very little that a dog owner can do to protect their pets from the affect of grass awns.

Vaccination against this disease is actually done with a modified live or killed product made from CAV - 2, the other adenovirus that affects dogs.