Sentences with phrase «deadly dog diseases»

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Researchers who previously showed that a gene therapy treatment could save the lives of dogs with a deadly disease called myotubular myopathy — a type of muscular dystrophy that affects the skeletal muscles — have found that the therapy is long - lasting.

Distemper and parvovirus are also core vaccines for dogs, because these diseases are usually deadly for puppies.

Canine Parvovirus infection is a deadly disease in dogs, especially puppies.

Lyme Disease is the most common tick related illness in dogs, and can be deadly.

It can be very risky or even deadly to give a dog heartworm prevention if it already has the disease.

The earliest stage, Stage 1 of heartworm disease, is often asymptomatic in dogs, meaning your pet may be carrying these deadly parasites and outwardly appear in good health.

It made a huge splash in the press because the molecular genetics part of the story established such a clear cross-species transmission of an influenza virus - not because it is a new, deadly disease of dogs.

While on one hand, dogs can die, have shorter lives or suffer long - term debilitating illness; if vaccinated, exposure to life threatening and deadly diseases such as parvo, rabies and distemper is a very real concern.

Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious, sometimes deadly disease that can affect any dog or puppy.

Vaccines strengthen your dog or cat's immune system, allowing them to fight off a host of dangerous and deadly diseases.

Canine soft - tissue sarcomas are common and while many are easily treated, the disease can spread and become deadly to about one - third of affected dogs.

Because heartworm disease is increasing in frequency and is a serious and deadly disease, we recommend that your dog be tested annually and take preventive medications at least during mosquito season.

Bonding with your dog can go a long way towards avoiding or lessening the effects of the most deadly chronic diseases in the US — namely, cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, and related conditions such as diabetes.

Heartworm disease is a very serious and potentially deadly condition in dogs.

But if the dog's immunity fully breaks down, chronic hookworm disease can turn deadly even in adults; signs are similar to the acute infection.

And heartworm disease is one of the most deadly threats your dog can face.

In this VETgirl online veterinary continuing education video, we discuss immune - mediated thrombocytopenia in dogs, including etiology, clinical signs, treatment, and overall prognosis for this rare but potentially deadly immune - mediated disease in dogs in veterinary medicine.

Warm weather, rain, and humidity: Mosquitoes love it all, and the flying bugs are more than annoying, they carry (among other things) potentially deadly heartworm disease, which they can spread to dogs.

Regardless, if left untreated, heartworm disease can be deadly.2 Your veterinarian should perform a yearly blood test, which is an important part of your dog's routine health check, in order to detect a heartworm infection.

All dogs are at risk for potentially deadly heartworm disease.

Dogs are not the only pets that can get Heartworm disease, but they're the natural hosts for these deadly parasites — and the short story is, every...

Dogs are not the only pets that can get Heartworm disease, but they're the natural hosts for these deadly parasites — and the short story is, every dog's best line of defense is a year - round heartworm prevention program.

Canine Parvovirus is highly contagious and deadly, causing life - threatening disease in under vaccinated dogs.

Dr. Nelson states that this deadly disease can be avoided when dogs take a monthly heartworm preventative and says that this medicine is a very safe class of drug with no adverse reactions.

Several neighborhood dogs and at least four cats that were exposed to the rabies virus have been euthanized to limit the potential spread of the deadly disease.

Spay / neuter decreases the fight for resources among stray animals, preventing the spread of diseases like the deadly parvo virus and reducing mating related aggression which can often lead to dogs being rounded up and put into public shelters where they have little chance of survival.

Leptospirosis: This disease is often deadly to dogs, and is transmissible to humans where it can cause miscarriage in pregnant women.

But welcome or not, dog and cat owners need to know that mosquitoes and deadly heartworm disease go together — and pets are at risk if they aren't given heartworm preventative year round.

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Heartworm disease can be a deadly issue for your dog, and more than 1 million pets in the United States have heartworm disease.1 So understanding the lifecycle of a heartworm is a critical part of helping to keep your dog safe.

While not as deadly as heartworm or hookworm disease, intestinal ascariasis in dogs can still pose great concern especially among young puppies.

When fleas, ticks and mosquitoes bite your dog, they can cause irritation and transmit deadly diseases.

Distemper virus is a deadly and highly contagious disease of dogs, coyotes, foxes, ferrets, raccoons and a few other species.

Heartworms are a serious and potentially deadly disease in which parasites infect a dog's heart and arteries.

Just one mosquito bite can be potentially deadly for your dog or cat, because mosquitos carry the parasite that causes heartworm disease.

Parvo (canine parvovirus) is one such disease that affects puppies and adult dogs, and its consequences can be lasting and, in some cases, deadly.

The core vaccine for all dogs is the DAPP vaccine, which protects against two major deadly viral diseases, canine parvovirus and distemper virus.

With so many formerly deadly diseases now preventable by vaccination, you owe it to your dog or cat to make sure she is up on her booster shots.

Cities throughout Asia that have purged street dogs have repeatedly suffered the consequences of leaving the dogs» ecological niche open to invasion by rats, as triggered the plague outbreak of 1994 in Surat, India, or monkeys, street pigs, or other animals who carry diseases as deadly as rabies but harder to eradicate.

Dozens of dogs at a California city animal shelter are perishing from a deadly viral disease.

Heartworm is a deadly disease that is transmitted to dogs and cats via mosquitoes.

Furthermore, dogs need to be on heartworm preventative pills so that they can avoid this deadly, costly - to - treat mosquito - transmitted disease.

Every dog that makes its way through the shelter gets tested and right now we have 7 dogs who have tested positive for this deadly disease... and that's -LSB-...]

Because Heartworm disease is increasing in frequency and is a serious and deadly condition, we recommend your dog be tested annually.

Because Heartworm disease is increasing in frequency and is a serious and deadly disease, we recommend your dog be tested annually.

Most dog owners are aware that infected mosquitoes can transmit deadly heartworm disease to dogs, but fewer people know that the disease can affect cats as well.

In cats heartworms frequently migrate to other places in the body, which makes heartworm disease more deadly in the cat than in the dog.

An emerging disease is causing deadly concern to homeless dogs in animal shelters.

Medical studies confirm that altered dogs and cats are much less prone to several debilitating and deadly diseases, from prostate cancer to mammary tumors.

Tick disease can be a very deadly disease for puppies and dogs.