Sentences with phrase «where pregnant dogs»

There have been a few instances where pregnant dogs spread the parasite to their unborn puppies and a few where the disease was spread through a dog bite.

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Some types of worms will not show any signs of infestation until in the later stages, such as in a pregnant female dog or times of environmental stress where roundworms activate multiply.

Some female dogs after a heat period experience a false pregnancy, where they act and even look pregnant, but are not.

If you live in an area where a veterinarian is not easily accessible, knowing how to help your pregnant female dog through her less - than - comfortable period of gestation is imperative.

Leptospirosis: This disease is often deadly to dogs, and is transmissible to humans where it can cause miscarriage in pregnant women.

However, since pregnancy depresses the immune system, these bacteria may enter the bloodstream in the pregnant dog and preferentially go to the placental sites (because of their increased blood supply) where they may cause infection and fetal death or abortion.

But that's exactly where three pregnant dogs found themselves late last year.