Sentences with phrase «sex of the affected dogs»

There does not appear to be any significant difference in the incidence of the condition in relation to the sex of the affected dogs.

Not exact matches

«Single sex heartworm infections, host immune responses affecting the presence of circulating microfilariae and the administration of heartworm preventives can be factors which produce occult infections in dogs.»

What occurs is that the hormones normally emitted by the sex glands are not present and this affects both the temperament and physical development of the dogs in question.

Either sex and any age or breed of dog may be affected.

A simple autosomal recessive means that the condition can occur in either sex and that it is generally transmitted by what appear to be normal animals though the late onset of the condition can result in «affected» dogs producing the defect because they were used prior to their «affected» state being known.

Dogs of both sexes and all different breeds can be affected by food allergies and they can develop as early as five months of age or as late as 12 years.

Dogs of any age, breed or sex can be affected, but according to diagnostic researchers, it is more common in older dogs that have acquired cardiac abnormalities due to some type of infectious, nutritionally deficient or cardiac degenerative cauDogs of any age, breed or sex can be affected, but according to diagnostic researchers, it is more common in older dogs that have acquired cardiac abnormalities due to some type of infectious, nutritionally deficient or cardiac degenerative caudogs that have acquired cardiac abnormalities due to some type of infectious, nutritionally deficient or cardiac degenerative causes.

A variety of factors may affect a dog's tendency toward aggression; these include heredity, early experience, socialization and training, sex and reproductive status (Lockwood, 1999).

The Registry contains the registered name of the affected dog, the AKC Registration number, sex, date of birth, and the condition diagnosed.

Affected dogs of both sexes develop this form of OC, apparently due to abnormalities in sulfate metabolism, when they receive two copies of the truncated gene, one from each parent.

crd1 / rcd1b is inherited in an autosomal recessive mode, meaning that dogs of both sexes are equally affected when they inherit two copies of the mutation, one from each parent.

Middle - aged or older dogs (average age of 11 years) can be affected and no sex predilection exists.

Neutering affects the final size of your dog because your dog's sex hormones are involved in telling your dog's body to «stop growing».

Positive results have also been reported when canine brucellosis, which affects the reproductive systems of dogs of both sexes and causes pregnant females to lose their puppies, is treated with this class of antibiotics.

Coonhound paralysis can affect any age, breed or sex of dog or cat, although the condition is rare before the age of 6 months.

Any dog can be affected by these factors; it is suspected that it is due to the genetic makeup of the dog, irrelevant of age, breed or sex.

This notion is supported by the lack of a sex predisposition, and the observation that affected animals can originate from the breeding of non-affected dogs.

For each disorder, healthy controls seen at the hospital during that same time period were matched for age, weight, and sex to each affected dog to determine risk of disease presentation in the purebred group as compared to that of the mixed - breed population.