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Achieving weight loss in cats and dogs is challenging, and failure to lose weight is common. [17] If the animals themselves cannot control their own calorie intake, it is recommended that pet owners control the food amount given. Guidelines exist on energy allowances for animals of a given body weight. [18] Medical treatments have been ...
Cats will generally show a gradual onset of the disease over a few weeks or months, and it may escape notice for even longer. [5] The first outward symptoms are sudden weight loss (or occasionally gain) accompanied by polydipsia and polyuria. Polyphagia or anorexia may be observed.
In male dogs with no history of progestogen administration the possibility of a pituitary tumour needs to be examined via CT/MRI. [1] In cats with difficult to manage diabetes but no other signs of hypersomatotropism, the potential for other causes of poor glycaemic control need to be considered. [1]
Pathologically, there is a loss of the rod and cone cells followed by degeneration of other layers of the retina. The retinal degeneration appears to be related to apoptosis of these cells. [ 11 ] SARDS must be distinguished from other causes of sudden blindness that have no visible pathology, including retrobulbar optic neuritis , a tumor at ...
Type 1 von Willebrand Disease in dogs. Type 1 von Willebrand Disease is the most common type, and also the mildest. It occurs when dogs have a mild deficiency in all the proteins making up their ...
Feline hepatic lipidosis, also known as feline fatty liver syndrome, is one of the most common forms of liver disease of cats. [1] The disease officially has no known cause, though obesity is known to increase the risk. [2] The disease begins when the cat stops eating from a loss of appetite, forcing the liver to convert body fat into usable ...
RICHMOND, Ind. — Significant weight loss for a dog he adopted has resulted in a cruelty-to-an-animal charge against a Richmond man. In an affidavit, Desiree Durbin, animal control officer for ...
6. Worms and other parasitic infections. With heavy worm burdens or certain parasitic infections, dogs can vomit. You may see worms in the vomit, but an absence of worms doesn’t mean parasites ...