This is good news for you if you dog have problem with obesity . first prescription weight-loss drug to treat Americans’ increasingly plump pooches won US approval on Friday, aimed at millions of overweight dogs with busy, treat-giving owners. Americans own 65 million dogs, according to statistics cited by the Humane Society of the United [...]
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Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis)
December 1st, 2010 
pet-admin The condition is caused by inhaling dust or dirt contaminated with a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. The fungus is inhaled into the lungs where it may simply cause a low grade chronic cough and calcification (mineralization) of local lymph nodes or, if the immune system is weak, it can cause pneumonia or even disseminate throughout [...]
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Comments OffPlague (Yersinia pestis)
November 22nd, 2010 pet-admin What is plague and how is it transmitted? Plague is a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis which is transmitted by the rodent flea. Although the rodent flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, transmits the disease, the flea is found not only on rats, prairie dogs, rock squirrels, and other rodents, but on dogs, cats, and rabbits as [...]
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