Sentences with phrase «of grass awns»

Unfortunately, there's very little that a dog owner can do to protect their pets from the affect of grass awns.

First, be aware that the symptoms of a grass awn infection can be very vague and nonspecific.

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Whether you call them awns, timothy, foxtails, cheat grass, June grass, Downy Brome, or any other number of colloquial names, to dogs they generally mean one thing, and that's trouble.

«Eventually, a board - certified veterinary surgeon was able to locate the grass awn and remove it, and a lot of infected and damaged muscle.

Foreign bodies, such as grass awns, are also a painful and common source of infection for the feet.

Common causes of dog ear infection are water trapped in the ear, foreign material (grass awns), yeast, atopy (inhaled seasonal allergy), hypersensitivity to foods, bacteria, immune mediated or autoimmune diseases (pemphigus foliaceus) or mites (Otodectes and Demodex).

Another common cause of nasal bleeding can be a foreign body, such as a grass awn (seed), lodged in the nasal passageway.

But once you have a dog, that bucolic scene can look more like a hotbed of potential pain and injury from foxtails (also called «grass seed awns»).

Foxtail is the common name for a grass awn, a piece of wild grass containing a seed and several long bristles.

Many veterinarians, particularly those east of the Mississippi that do not have exposure to foxtail infections on a regular basis, or who do not have a lot of working dog clients, will not have a grass awn infection high up on their diagnostic radar.