Not exact matches
Keep in mind that
most previous studies had never separated processed meat (such as hot
dogs, bologna, lunch meats
with chemical additives, etc) vs unprocessed meats (such as a healthy grass - fed steak, pasture - raised pork tenderloin, grass - fed burger, wild game meats, etc) in investigating the relationship between meat eating and
heart disease.
Ignoring your pet's oral hygiene can lead to potentially life - threatening
heart, liver, and kidney
disease, as Dr. Bellows explains, «Oral
disease is the
most frequently diagnosed health problem for pets,
with most dogs and cats becoming affected by age 3.»
Most heart problems are diagnosed in younger
dogs with signs of exercise intolerance and coughing, though
heart disease is certainly not the only cause of those signs.
While
dogs with advanced
heart disease exhibit obvious symptoms, the
most common form of feline
heart disease, cardiomyopathy, is often a silent killer of cats.
It is estimated that 10 % of
dogs have
heart disease.1 This percentage increases as
dogs age,
with heart disease affecting 25 % of
dogs 9 to 12 years of age and as many as 75 % of those 16 years of age or older.2
Most clients are unaware that their
dogs may be at risk for
heart disease.
«The results of this clinical trial will change the way the
most common cause of
heart disease and
heart failure in the
dog is managed on a day - to - day basis by veterinarians around the world and contribute to
dogs with MMVD living better and longer.»
On the other hand, in
most cases
dogs acquire
heart disease with age, infectious or non infectious causes or due to any other systemic problems in the body.
In cats, signs of
heart disease may be very subtle as cats are very good at hiding just how sick they may be and they tend not to exercise in the conventional sense at least when compared to
dogs,
with most cats perfectly happy to spend their days lounging in a comfortable bed.
The
most common form of
heart disease in
dogs and cats begins
with damage to the mitral valve on the left side of the
heart.