Sentences with phrase «dog diseases affect»

These eight dog diseases affect pups of all ages and breeds in every state.

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Insulin — used to treat type 1 diabetes - was discovered using dogs, which are also affected by the disease - there are 14,000 diabetic dogs alive in the UK as a result of insulin.

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.

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.

The teams» three papers, each on Nordic dogs (Swedish Vallhund and Norwegian Elkhound) and each addressing blinding ocular diseases affecting both dogs and people, identified genes causing retinal disease and glaucoma, which may lead to gene therapies for dogs and humans.

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.

However, not all dogs with the mutation became affected, prompting the hypothesis that additional genes could modify disease risk.

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.

We handle cells derived from two species (human and dog) and from healthy donors and individuals affected by neuromuscular diseases.

In their study, researchers from Uppsala University, SLU and Broad Institute, compared DNA samples from a large group of German shepherd dogs affected by atopic dermatitis with DNA coming from healthy dogs to reveal the specific DNA segment associated with the disease.

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.

It is not only humans that suffer from the disease: about 3 - 10 percent of dogs are also affected.

This virus almost exclusively affects unvaccinated or partially vaccinated puppies, but some older unvaccinated dogs (especially pit bulls and Rottweilers) are susceptible to the disease, too.

These symptoms can develop into illnesses such as urinary tract diseases in cats and Cushing's Disease in dogs as their immune systems are affected.

One of the most common conditions is periodontal disease, a gum infection that affects four out of five dogs over the age of three.

Mosquitoes transmit heartworm disease, which affects both dogs and cats.

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This hormone is elevated in the setting of heart disease and may be present even before the affected dog begins to display signs of heart disease.

Consequently, despite the fact that it can not identify the «carrier» status, examination of tissues obtained by means of a liver biopsy still remains the method for positively diagnosing the disease, i.e. of identifying affected dogs.

One of the most common diseases seen in dogs, with larger breeds being the most affected.

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.

However, if the dog / bitch is identified as an affected animal at an early age, it is possible to take steps to prevent / minimise the possibility of it developing clinical disease.

Methods.: Dogs of various breeds, affected or unaffected with primary glaucoma, were genotyped for the Gly661Arg variant of ADAMTS10, as well as 7 other nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in other genes in the beagle POAG locus that segregate with disease.

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One of the best known is lupus, a disease that affects both dogs and people.

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.

Dogs affected by the disease may have high fevers, watery eyes, hardened foot pads, coughing, vomiting, seizures and paralysis.

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.

Puppies should have basic protection from diseases that can kill or seriously affect them, but there is increasing evidence that adult dogs not only may not need annual boosters but that jolting the immune system with yearly shots can cause other problems.

While it is true that no dog affected with a spinal disease should be bred from, there is a great deal of variance in the appearance of a French Bulldog's spine as compared to, for example, a Labrador Retriever.

Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) is a congenital disease that mainly affects large breed dogs.

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.

Most of the allergic disease that occurs in dogs and cats affects the skin.

This virus almost exclusively affects unvaccinated or partially vaccinated puppies, but some older unvaccinated dogs (especially pit bulls and Rottweilers) are susceptible to the disease, too.

Gollum's Fund - a special fund created to provide heartworm prevention for all dogs in our care, to treat any dog affected by this terrible disease, and to educate the public about the risk and prevention of heartworm infection.

Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is another culprit that can rob a dog of its mobility by affecting the spinal cord.

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.

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.

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.

An early onset form of lysosomal storage disease, this can cause affected dogs to display neurologic signs as puppies or young adults.

They are likely to be concerned and have questions about how the disease may affect their dog or cat.

Canine Parvovirus is an extremely common and contagious disease that can affect any dog, with unvaccinated dogs and puppies at the highest risk.

Any dog can be affected, but Gordon Setters, Standard and Miniature Schnauzers, Doberman Pinschers, and Scottish terriers, among others, are at increased risk to develop melanoma, suggesting that this disease may have a hereditary component.

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.

Now, this disease can affect dogs in usually three ways but for husky puppies or dogs, it affects the coat.

Usually this disease affects older dogs.

Heart disease affects some 10 % of dogs and perhaps 15 % of cats.

L - carnitine deficiency has been associated with heart disease in both humans and dogs and supplementation with the vitamin - like chemical suggests a beneficial affect for dogs with cardiac arrhythmias and thickening of the heart muscle.

Dental disease is the most common chronic problem in pets, affecting 80 % of all dogs by age two.

Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) is an inherited Neuromuscular Disease affecting dogs.