Sentences with phrase «diseases than dogs»

But at the same time, we know that dogs with large and prominent leg muscle mass are less likely to contract the disease than dogs with small muscle mass.

For whatever reason, cats are five to six times more likely to be affected by the disease than dogs, and three times more than horses.

Cats carry a little more disease than dogs.

Cats more consistently develop the furious phase of the disease than dogs.

Cats have a poorer long term survival with Cushing's disease than dogs.

Not exact matches

Alias, btw, you are far more likely to catch a disease from human fecal matter than dog or cat fecal matter... we are simply more susceptible to our own special germs.

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.

Marked by severe diarrhea, vomiting and coughing, the disease appears to hit wolves harder than dogs, Sillero says.

«The dog has a retina very similar to ours, much more so than mice, so when you want to bring a visual therapy to the clinic, you want to first show that it works in a large animal model of the disease,» said lead researcher Ehud Isacoff, professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley.

Throughout their analysis of plague in prairie dogs, they concluded that such diseases may «smolder» unnoticed in a population for years, rather than jump from species to species immediately before an outbreak.

Amphotericin B (AmB) is the main active ingredient in the most effective drug used to treat leishmaniasis, a disease which in the Western world mainly affects dogs, but in developing countries affects over 12 million people, with more than 70,000 deaths per year.

The first detailed genetic comparison of purebred domestic dogs promises to rewrite the textbooks with new information about breed classification and insights that may improve canine health by boosting understanding of the more than 350 inherited disorders, including cancer, heart disease, epilepsy, blindness and deafness, which affect dogs.

A study using Swedish national registries of more than 3.4 million Swedes aged 40 to 80 shows that dog owners had a lower risk of death due to cardiovascular disease or to other causes.

A cohort study of shelter dogs conducted by the College of Veterinary Medicine University concluded that infectious diseases were more common in dogs that were sterilized at less than 24 weeks of age.

More than 20 dogs, cats and birds, some dead and others diseased, were seized by animal control officers Wednesday from a house that was described as resembling a scene from a horror movie.Officials said the call was one of the worst cases of animal abuse they had ever encountered.A search turned up two dead chickens and one dead guinea fowl inside the house and a rotting carcass on the kitchen counter that could not be identified as a dog, cat or anything else, said Clara Gundy, executive director of the Humane Society of Central Brevard.

Heartworm prevention for the lifetime of your dog costs less than treating one heartworm infection, and your dog does not have to suffer the effects of the disease and the treatment.

About 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs each year and more than half of the victims are children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

If for example your dog get infected with K9 leptospirosis then you should try to know more than your veterinarian knows about that disease.

There are now more than 300 DNA tests available in dogs to help eliminate inherited diseases.

Some dogs less than 1 year of age with mild generalized disease may spontaneously recover.

Ferrets are very susceptible to heartworm disease, even more so than dogs are.

Over-vaccinating your dog could make them prone to more diseases, which would do more harm than good.

I would continue to follow her urine protein / creatinine ratio, which is MUCH more important than some sort of quantifying lyme diagnosis test, as the urine protein / creatinine ratio can pick up early kidney problems, which can occur on rare occasions in dogs, especially Goldens who have been exposed to lyme disease.

Cats are less inclined to develop cancer than dogs, but cats with cancer tend to have malignant disease, whereas in dogs, it may be benign.

For both male and female Rotties spayed or neutered before one year of age, there was a one in four lifetime risk for bone cancer, and the sterilized animals were significantly more likely to develop the disease than intact dogs of the same breed.

Cats are far more likely than dogs to suddenly die from heartworm disease without warning.

However, senility or dementia is a very real disease in dogs, and it's more common than most dog owners realize.

I saw dogs with kidney disease rarely live for more than a couple of years.

Dogs are more at risk for heartworm disease than cats.

If the cough lasts longer than 7 - 10 days, then you should have your dog evaluated for other airway or lung diseases, although the disease could last as long as 21 days.

The results were striking: all three hormones were found at far higher levels in the hair of dogs with Cushing's disease than in the control group, with the increase in cortisol particularly pronounced.

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.

This dental disease is an inflammation of the gum line at the tooth's base, and since small dogs have small mouths and their teeth are crowded they are much more susceptible than some of the larger dogs.

Golden retrievers, cocker spaniels, Labrador retrievers, schnauzers, Westies, wheaten terriers, and all the setters tend to have more ear diseases than other breeds, but all dogs can contract the infection at some point in their lives.

Diet is often discussed as part of the yearly feline exam as cats have more diet related disease problems than dogs.

My current dog is a male and I don't intend to neuter him as his breed, Boston Terrier, has several diseases like Cushings and torn ligaments than can be linked to being s / n.

Lyme disease is more serious for humans than for dogs.

If the disease has spread and become generalized, your veterinarian may find that your dog's liver, spleen, and / or lymph nodes are larger than normal, and that your dog's joints have become affected.

Puppies are more susceptible to the disease because their immune systems are not developed; older dogs are also more susceptible than healthy adults, particularly as complications of aging compromise their immune systems.

From its discovery in dogs more than a century ago and the documentation in cats in the 1920s, researchers have devised diagnostic tests, preventives and treatments, but the disease has spread to all 50 states.

More than half the adult dogs who get distemper die; in puppies who get the disease, the death rate can be as high as 80 percent.

However, this is easier said than done, because not all dogs with hip dysplasia show signs of the disease.

Undergoing the grooming sessions with an experienced dog groomer, will be easier to detect the chances for these skin ailments and hence, you can prevent the diseases rather than finding a cure later on.

They definitely are not magical foods, and they certainly don't have the disease - fighting powers of our favorite fruits and vegetables, but they may be helpful for physically active dogs who require more calories and protein than they would get in a serving of dog food.

Therefore, it is very likely that there is more than one mutation in the Boxer dog that may lead to the disease in some lines of dogs.

Answer: If he can't afford the adulticide treatment, there are things he can do that are better than not doing anything at all but since they aren't ideal and can be really detrimental to some patients, he needs to go over all of that with his veterinarian that diagnosed his dog and knows the severity of the heartworm disease and the overall health of the patient.

The highly contagious disease struck more than 1,000 dogs in Chicago, its suburbs, and nearby states in 2015.

Contrary to popular opinion, the vaccine has no more adverse effects than any other vaccine, so if the dog is at risk of contracting the disease, vaccination is wise.

More than half of all golden retrievers die from cancer and in fact, this disease is the leading cause of death in all dogs over 2 years of age.

It might also be helpful for studies regarding joint diseases to evaluate whether or not there is a correlation between activity levels in neutered and intact dogs; i.e. do more neutered dogs participate in dog sports such as agility and flyball than intact dogs, increasing the occurrence of joint disease?