Sentences with phrase «cause disease in the dogs»

When Leptospirosis does cause disease in dogs, it tends to be most severe in unvaccinated dogs that are younger than 6 months of age.

Dirty surfaces can attract pests which can cause disease in the dogs.

Several tick - borne species of hepatozoon protozoa can cause disease in dogs.

Multiple leptospiral serovars are capable of causing disease in dogs, and minimal cross-protection is induced by each serovar.

Canarypox virus, which should not cause disease in dogs, is altered so that it produces the portions of the canine distemper virus that allow immunity to develop.

As these are the remains of animals, these contain many harmful bacteria that cause diseases in the dogs.

They are not aerosolized (airborne) like many of the agents that cause disease in dogs or people.

Signs Since this is a new virus to cause disease in dogs, all dogs are potentially susceptible to infection.

Since this is a new virus to cause disease in dogs, all dogs are potentially susceptible to infection.

There are many species and serovars of Leptospira, some of which cause disease in dogs.

She's a virologist, and this is the first time an influenza virus has mutated to be able to cause disease in dogs.

Not exact matches

Through clinical follow up of dogs genetically at risk, the research team was able to confirm that several disorders cause the same disease signs also in other than previously described breeds.

Just as it does in dogs and humans, the disease attacks a wolf's brain, causing aggressive behavior and, eventually, death.

Also, researchers find signs of the parasite that causes Chagas disease in U.S. government dogs working on the Texas - Mexico border.

While canine distemper has been known for many years as a problem affecting domestic dogs, the virus has been appearing in new areas and causing disease and mortality in a wide range of wildlife species, including tigers and lions.

Komáromy, the researchers from University of Helsinki, and collaborators from numerous institutions, took an investigative journey across three continents, examined 324 dogs in seven countries, described a new disease, and managed to identify a gene that causes the disease.

Inherited retinal diseases are among the leading causes of incurable blindness in humans as well as in dogs, where most of these conditions are classified as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA).

Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease — a common cause of back pain, rear limb paralysis and inability to walk — more frequently in dogs with short legs (dachshund, French bulldog, and Pekingese to name a few.)

Four collaborating research groups in the United States and France found a way to safely replace the disease - causing MTM gene with a healthy gene throughout the entire musculature of affected dogs.

Because dogs suffer from many of the same afflictions that can strike people — cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among them — the authors hope that Fidos genome will help narrow the search for disease - causing genes in his owner.

Dr. Komáromy studies the molecular causes of inherited eye diseases in dogs and is working to develop gene therapies to stop vision loss.

However, population viability models in African wild dogs suggest that diseases causing high adult mortality can pose a significant extinction threat [19].

Vaccinations introduce modified or dead forms of the disease - causing organisms so that your dog's immune system can mount an immune response, «remembering» these organisms and if the real organisms are encountered in future, the immune system can be better prepared to fight them off.

When fed in excessive amounts (5g of garlic per kg of the dog's body weight), garlic can cause oxidative damage to Fido's red blood cells, leading to a condition called Heinz body anaemia, a complex disease that requires professional diagnosis and treatment.

«Pet obesity continues to emerge as a leading cause of preventable disease and death in dogs and cats,» said Veterinarian Ernie Ward, lead researcher and founder of the association.

Considered the leading cause of death in dogs, cancer is a disease that needs to be nipped in the bud to ensure your dog's chances of survival.

Cancer is the leading cause of death in cats and dogs, being aware and informed of the symptoms your furkids may show if it develops the disease can help you and your vet diagnose and treat it sooner.

Canine influenza (known also as dog flu) is a highly contagious respiratory disease in dogs caused by specific Type A influenza viruses known to infect dogs.

Lyme disease in dogs is caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which are transmitted through the bites of eastern and western black - legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus).

One of the most common diseases seen in dogs, with larger breeds being the most affected — ultimately a malfunction of the hip joints causing a loss of function.

Allergic disease in dogs has three primary causes: fleas, food and the environment.

In summary, I would recommend ruling out heart disease as a cause of your 6 year old bull dog's shortness of breath.

These can be as mild as gingivitis (a gum disease that results in swollen, inflamed gums) and as serious as a bacterial infection that can spread through the dog's bloodstream causing damage to vital organs.

It was established later (Johnson et al, 1980) that the form of the disease found in Bedlingtons terriers was apparently caused by the presence of an autosomal recessive gene in affected dogs - it is a genetic disorder and in order for the condition to develop in a dog / bitch a copy of this defective gene must have been passed to the affected animal by both parents, i.e. the affected dog must have two «copies» of the defective gene in its body cells.

The most frequent causes of death in both dogs and cats are cancer and kidney disease.

Other sources of dry eye include drug toxicity (antibiotics such as sulphadiazine and sulphasalazine can cause temporary or permanent dry eye in some animals), drug - induced reaction (atropine and topical anesthetics temporarily reduce tear production), neurological impairment (damage to the nerves leading to the lacrimal glands), removal of the third eyelid (see Cherry Eye), systemic disease (e.g. distemper), chronic conjunctivitis, trauma to the tear glands, hypothyroidism, congenital disease (some dogs are born without lacrimal glands), breed predisposition.

Additional causes of shaking and vomiting in dogs include nausea, dehydration and Addison's disease.

The disease may impair the dogs» vision, which in turn may cause behavior problems.

It's spread by infection with Leptospira, bacterial pathogens that can cause liver and kidney disease in dogs.

Chronic kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy (hardening of the walls of the heart muscle), and Cushing's disease or hyperadrenalcorticism (excessive production of the cortisone hormone) are the main causes of high blood pressure in dogs.

In the QUEST Study, pimobendan significantly increased the survival time of dogs with congestive heart failure (CHF) caused by myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD).

A warm weather disease that primarily affects dogs confined to the outdoors in the summer and fall, fly strike is most often caused by the common stable fly, however, blackflies, deer flies, and houseflies can also bite.

Homemade diets and commercial BARF diets are often demonstrable unbalanced and have severe nutritional deficiencies or excesses.16 - 18 Dogs have been shown to acquire and shed parasitic organisms and potentially lethal infectious diseases associated with raw meat, including pathogenic strains of E. coli and Salmonella.25 - 27 Many other pathogens have been identified in raw diets or raw meat ingredients, and these represent a risk not only to the dogs fed these diets but to their owners, particularly children and people with compromised immune systems.29 - 30 The bones often included in such diets can cause fractured teeth and gastrointestinal diseases, including obstructed or perforated intestines, and the FDA recently warned pet owners against feeding bones to their canine companiDogs have been shown to acquire and shed parasitic organisms and potentially lethal infectious diseases associated with raw meat, including pathogenic strains of E. coli and Salmonella.25 - 27 Many other pathogens have been identified in raw diets or raw meat ingredients, and these represent a risk not only to the dogs fed these diets but to their owners, particularly children and people with compromised immune systems.29 - 30 The bones often included in such diets can cause fractured teeth and gastrointestinal diseases, including obstructed or perforated intestines, and the FDA recently warned pet owners against feeding bones to their canine companidogs fed these diets but to their owners, particularly children and people with compromised immune systems.29 - 30 The bones often included in such diets can cause fractured teeth and gastrointestinal diseases, including obstructed or perforated intestines, and the FDA recently warned pet owners against feeding bones to their canine companions.

As the hormones are known to be present in hair, at least in humans, Ouschan reasoned that measuring glucocorticoid concentrations in dog hair might represent a way of diagnosing Cushing's disease without causing the animals unnecessary distress.

Effect of pimobendan or benazepril hydrochloride on survival times in dogs with congestive heart failure caused by naturally occurring myxomatous mitral valve disease: the QUEST Study.

Dental diseases are known to often be responsible for causing serious illness in your dog.

Backyard ponds may bloom with mold intoxicants that can cause neurological problems, liver disease and liver failure in dogs, Jandrey said.

In fact, most dogs have healthy genes, it's the external factors, not their DNA that causes the development of so many diseases.

Secondly he needs a food that will help to prevent the plaque build up which is the number one cause of dental disease in dogs.

Prevent heartworms with Heartgard Plus for Dogs Heartgard Plus for Dogs up to 25 lbs, 6 Month (Blue) contains ivermectin, which is a broad - spectrum antiparasitic that kills heartworm larvae in the tissue stage before they can cause potentially fatal heartworm disease.