Sentences with phrase «threatening illness in dogs»

Heartworm disease is a serious and life - threatening illness in dogs.

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The antioxidants in blueberries boost the dog's health and reduce the risk of illnesses by destroying the free radicals in the body, which are responsible for cell damage which often leads serious diseases like cancer, heart diseases, and various other chronic and life threatening illnesses.

Bloat and torsion are serious, life - threatening illnesses, and the incidence rises in summer precisely because dogs have access to barbecue leavings.

Diarrhea in young puppies, senior dogs and animals with chronic illnesses can quickly become a life - threatening problem.

It is important, however, to keep in mind that many concentrated essential oils can cause minor to life - threatening illness in cats and dogs.

The potential for pets and human family members to face life - threatening illness if pathogenic bacteria are ingested motivates my perspective and the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Policy on Raw or Undercooked Animal - Source Protein in Cat and Dog Diets.

For example, diarrhea is one of the first symptoms seen in parvovirus, a viral infection that can cause life - threatening illness in susceptible dogs.

Brown Dog Foundation offers pet owners in temporary financial crisis an alternative when their pets face a treatable but life - threatening condition or illness.

But there are illnesses that will always be part of dog life, and these are made more threatening because dogs often come in contact with other animals, which can transmit diseases to them.

We know in both dogs and man that the signs of the illness can vary widely from no signs at all to recurring abdominal pain and even, in severe cases, life - threatening shock and peritonitis (but this is very unlikely indeed in a dog with chronic disease).

Canine parvovirus (commonly called parvo) is a highly contagious viral disease that can produce a life - threatening illness in puppies and dogs.

Brown Dog Foundation Offers pet owners in temporary financial crisis an alternative when their pets face a treatable but life - threatening condition or illness.

A veterinary surgery has alerted dog - owners of a potentially life - threatening illness after treating a number of dogs in recent days.

Such traditional medicinal practices, known to threaten primate species as well as tigers and bears, also pose a shocking danger to wild dogs: Half of all known wild canid species, including two endangered ones, are harvested for use in folk treatments.According to the BBC, a team of researchers led by Professor Romulo Alves of the State University of Paraiba in Brazil «found evidence that canids are used in the treatment of at least 28 medical conditions, including asthma, arthritis, back ache, bronchial illnesses, chicken pox, eczema, epilepsy, flu, kidney diseases, measles and mumps, as well as the treatment of stomach complaints, snake bites, and warts.»