Sentences with phrase «many predisposing factors»

They were later subdivided into subtropical race 4 (STR4) and tropical race 4 (TR4) to distinguish the strains that need predisposing factors to cause the disease from the ones that don't.

Even less did it take account of the till longer predisposing factors for which the U.S. is more to blame than Saddam Hussein: the decade spent competing with the U.S.S.R. in building up Hussein's forces, and the explicit statements made in July to the effect that what Hussein might choose to do with border problems was not our concern.

The fact that some drug addicts switch from morphine to alcohol and back, as the supply of one or the other becomes inaccessible, seems to belie the existence of a specific physical predisposing factor.

There is much to be said for such conditioning and predisposing factors, but they do not fully cover the case.

A history of long - term or frequent antibiotic use in the mother is also a predisposing factor for yeast.

Situations like yours are relatively rare, especially without predisposing factors that the staff needs to keep in mind.

Warning signs begin from predisposing factors.

Some 60 percent of U.S. adults say they're worried at the prospect of developing cancer, yet only 6 percent recognize that being overweight is a leading predisposing factor.

The major predisposing factor for sleep apnea is excess body weight.

High IgE levels are a key clinical measure of an aggravated immune sensitivity to certain particles in the environment — the basis of atopy (allergies) and an important predisposing factor to the development of asthma.

«These people are more at risk of developing fatty liver disease, just as those with fatty liver disease are more at risk of developing diabetes, since obesity is being a predisposing factor for both conditions,» says Softic.

Objectives: To undertake a genome - wide association study (GWAS) to identify genetic predisposing factors for the different clinical phenotypes associated with nevirapine hypersensitivity.

A perfect storm of predisposing factors culminated in a growing number of seemingly unrelated health issues from skin rashes, food sensitivities and leaky gut to chronic fatigue, allergies and mold illness.

Natural immune shifts during pregnancy, together with a genetic tendency and other predisposing factors, can trigger hypothyroidism in some women.

That's because normal immune shifts during pregnancy can trigger an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, depending on genetics and other predisposing factors.

Psychology experts point out that isolation can be a predisposing factor to many health problems, such as depression and other psychiatric conditions.

Some pets also have predisposing factors that increase their risk for ear infections.

While the doctor is examining the slide, you educate the client about ear disease and how there are certain predisposing factors that cause the disease.

Several predisposing factors may decrease a dog's ability to cool itself; therefore, increasing its risk for developing heatstroke.

Humidity, moisture, excess debris in the ears and even fleas are some of the predisposing factors for developing an ear infection.

Often the exact cause of a bloat is unknown but there are many predisposing factors.

These predisposing factors can create a great place for «bugs» to grow.

Dogs reacting to stranger dogs, on the other hand, are often reacting due to dominance or fear; however, many other predisposing factors are at play when dealing with inter-dog aggressive displays and attacks.

Obesity, he points out, is not in itself a predisposing factor, although troubled breathing may intensify more rapidly in overweight cats.

In conclusion, little is acknowledged about the precise predisposing factors in dog food allergies.

Other predisposing factors include lack of training, playing tug - o - war games with the dog, and lack of exercise.

Hepatic encephalopathy is somewhat more common in the breeds of dogs and cats that are the most prone to liver problems (portosystemic shunts are a predisposing factor in toy and small breeds of dogs and in Persian cats; English cockers, Labs, Westies and dobies because of their increased susceptibility to liver disease of other sorts).

Short - coated breeds such as English bulldogs (FIGURE 5), Staffordshire terriers, and Boston terriers, along with longer - coated breeds such as shih tzus, West Highland White terriers, and Scottish terriers, seem to be predisposed.2, 4 In Chinese Shar - Peis, skin thickness may make finding the mites on a deep skin scraping difficult, and diagnosis may require obtaining skin biopsy samples for histopathology (see DIAGNOSIS).2, 4,5 Additional predisposing factors are listed in BOX 1.

Another predisposing factor is whether a puppy's parents developed osteochondrosis.

Immune suppression from the FIV or Feline Leukemia Virus turns out not to be a predisposing factor as one might expect, especially since immune suppression is a human risk, but there are two breed predispositions of note: Persian cats and Yorkshire terrier dogs.

Predisposing factors towards infection include age (puppies and kittens are at higher risk than adult animals), life - style (free - roaming or hunting animals being predisposed), and local climate (pets living in warmer, more humid climates are predisposed).

Other predisposing factors are: a senior cat who weighs more than 15 pounds and being a male cat.

Part of the canine pyoderma diagnostic process will be to determine if the patient has any predisposing factors that allowed the pyoderma to take hold.

There are predisposing factors that have been identified such as exposure to substances like metals, dust, chemicals or pesticides.

Most experts do agree that there are a number of predisposing factors that may be responsible for causing the disease:

Predisposing factors are eating too fast and to much at once and small kibble which tends to be wolfed down as once (Glickman et al, 1994; Raghavan et al, 2004).

«Obesity is the predisposing factor to this awful disease, and the way to avoid it is to keep your pets slim and trim,» she says.

In addition to treating the Candida, your veterinarian should diagnose and treat all predisposing factors or diseases.

Obesity, physical inactivity, diet, concurrent illness, and drug intake appear to be the most common predisposing factors.

Dr. Dodds feels the holistic veterinary community needs to document more case studies of adverse reactions and do cohort reports so that DVMs have access to information about predisposing factors that increase vaccine risks for certain pets.

Senility is also a predisposing factor, especially in small breed animals (Hyun, 2005; Atkins et al., 2009, Lewis et al., 2011; Borgarelli and Buchanan, 2012).

Conditions are either referred to as being congenital (inherited) or are acquired with age and predisposing factors.

Obesity is a predisposing factor with estimates that 80 % of dogs are overweight.

Their susceptibility to FSF may be a predisposing factor.

There are no known predisposing factors other than size and breed that I am aware of for hemangiosarcoma.

Being unable to convert uric acid to allantoin is the main predisposing factor to uric acid stone formation and accounts for why 80 % of uric acid bladder stones come from Dalmatians.

The combination of meat and whole grains in their puppy formulas has gained favorable feedbacks although chicken fat has been identified as a predisposing factor of bloat in large dog breeds.

The «yeast» population increases only in the presence of predisposing factors.

• «Predisposing factors» are your pet's traits or characteristics that can further increase their risk.

Though all cats (and dogs) are at risk of urethral obstruction, the condition tends to happen most often in cats — and amongst them, the most commonly affected are the male cats and those with certain other «predisposing factors».