Sentences with phrase «haircoat in»

The data clearly show a close relationship between nutrition and healthy skin and haircoat in dogs.

It is of interest that the use of a soy hydrolysate diet with relatively high fat content was effective in facilitating weight gain, decreasing diarrhea and improving haircoat in three dogs with EPI that had failed to respond to diet and pancreatic extracts (Biourge & Fontaine 2004)

Keep the haircoat in good health by feeding high - quality food.

Groom and bathe your dog as necessary to keep the haircoat in good condition.

Not exact matches

The «T» allele confers a long, silky haircoat as observed in the Yorkshire Terrier and the Long Haired Whippet.

Fleas are larger, reddish - brown to brown to black parasites that are very mobile are often easy to find in the haircoat of pets that are infested with them — but which can be present on the pet or in the environment without being easy to find due to the ability of pets to chew or sratch fleas out of their haircoat.

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The product then distributes throughout the haircoat and kills fleas and ticks when they come in contact with the medicine on your pet's hair.

Symptoms of infestation can include blood in the stool, weight loss and a poor haircoat.

Such locations give away the genetic make - up in such dogs whose haircoat gives no clues.

They can infect both dogs and cats but are not commonly seen in veterinary practices in most of the U.S. Lice are susceptible to many of the products that kill fleas but it may be necessary to clip mats from the haircoat and to use insecticidal products for several weeks (4 minimum) to totally eliminate the lice.

The latter will result in injecting the insulin onto your dog's haircoat or onto the floor.

They are: lethargy, generalized weakness, inactivity, mental dullness, unexplained weight gain, hair loss, excessive hair shedding, poor hair growth, dry or lusterless haircoat, excessive scaling in the skin, recurring skin infections, intolerance to cold, and rarely, tilting of the head to one side, seizures, and infertility.

Thinning of the haircoat, thinning of the skin itself, a pendulous abdomen (think of a pot - bellied dog), changes in liver enzymes, itchy skin sores, increased susceptibility to infection, lethargy and behavioral changes are some of the signs that can be seen with Cushing's disease.

Light - colored dogs with thin haircoats that spend time in the sun have a higher risk of developing certain forms of skin cancer.

This gland has a number of functions, but the important ones can be revealed and one sees what can happen when it does not work properly: loss of haircoat (alopecia), weight gain and edema, poor heat - stress tolerance, increased dandruff, itching to the point of self - mutilation, smelly crud build - up in the ear canals, rancid body odor (especially in mature dogs), decreased fertility, lethargy, poor digestion and stool condition, possible fever, darkened skin, lowered resistance to flea infestation, or any combination of these.

«Fur» or «coat» is usually used in reference to mammalian haircoats but we also use «pelt» for the complete hair and skin of an animal.

This hormone problem may also result in scaling of the skin and a dry haircoat.

Finally, there are minerals that must be present in a dog's nutrient profile in order to lay the foundation for good skin and haircoat quality.

Even in dogs not experiencing an adverse reaction to food, the skin and haircoat can be affected by many nutritional factors.

«Any suitable protein source may be mixed with rice and / or potatoes to create a hypoallergenic meal,» Ackerman wrote in Skin and Haircoat Problems in Dogs.

Obesity results in an increased risk to cancers, musculo - skelatal injuries, cardiovascular problems, as well as skin and haircoat problems.

In most cases, dogs are born with a completely normal haircoat and then, over time after about one year of age, have a gradual and progressive thinning or loss of their hair.

During a routine physical we are evaluating body condition, looking for eye or ear problems, dental disease, abnormal heart or lung sounds, changes in abdominal organs or belly pain, musculoskeletal and neurologic conditions, urogenital disease, skin and haircoat conditions and lymphatic disease.

Another allele, on a different chromosome locus, can cause the arrangement or packed density of pigment granules to give a brownish color in areas that are commonly black in many breeds: nose, dorsal haircoat, etc..

Most Boerboels with no black in the haircoat will also have black color on their noses and those other non-hair parts listed above.