Heartworm infection in cats is harder to
detect than in dogs.
Heartworm infection in cats is harder to
detect than in dogs, because cats are much less likely than dogs to have adult heartworms.
Not exact matches
The moths are about equivalent to
dogs in their ability to
detect scents and both are several thousand times more skillful
than humans.
A guide
dog dropout learned to
detect bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer, accurately spotting cancer 95 percent of the time — better
than some lab tests used for cancer screenings, according to a study
in the European Respiratory Journal that also highlighted four trained
dogs that could
detect lung cancer with an accuracy of 71 percent while properly ruling out cancer 93 percent of the time.
Dogs, boasting about 300 million scent receptors per nose, can
detect tiny chemical changes
in the human body that signal cancer or diabetes faster
than laboratory results, NaturalNews.com and TrueActivist.com reported recently.
Basically, you will have to closely supervise your
dog outside and at the very first signs of him
detecting poop, you will say «leave it» and call your
dog to get a treat from you that is far higher
in value
than the best cat poop
in the world.
The Idexx Snap ® test, or its competitor, Zoetis» Witness ®, that veterinarians use are quite accurate
in detecting if you
dog is infected with heartworms — considerably more so
than the earlier tests we had (eg Difil Test) that just looked for heartworm larva circulating
in your pet's blood.
When you're out on the walk, you might be able to
detect the scent of the grass nearby, but to a
dog that grass really is a record of what's been going on - and the information
in it is more
than just which other
dogs have peed there.
Truffles, an underground fungus, are worth more per pound
than gold and the
dogs who could
detect them were obviously worth their weight
in gold, too.
Hookworm — Hookworms are much smaller
than roundworms and can not be seen outside the
dog, but as
in the case of roundworms, eggs can be
detected in fecal matter under the microscope.
The Fca1 - Pl assay is less likely to
detect intestinal disease
in puppies and kittens or immature
dogs and cats (less
than 1 year old) because they can normally leak substantial amounts of Fca1 - Pl.
That outbreak was
detected in Chicago, and affected more
than 1,000
dogs.
Veterinarians can
detect evidence of exposure to Lyme disease
in the blood of cats, but cats seem to be more resistant to developing clinical signs of Lyme disease
than are
dogs.
The American Heartworm Society says heartworms are harder to
detect in cats
than in dogs (
in fact, sometimes the first sign of heartworm
in cats is sudden collapse or death).