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Tick paralysis* is a disease in dogs caused by a neurotoxin found in the saliva of female ticks. Dermacentor species predominate as a cause in North America, while Ixodes mainly causes the disease in Australia. There is a gradual onset of signs, which include incoordination progressing to paralysis, changed voice, and difficulty eating. [56]
Illustration of venereal granulomata on a dog's penis. A canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT), also known as a transmissible venereal tumor (TVT), canine transmissible venereal sarcoma (CTVS), sticker tumor and infectious sarcoma, is a histiocytic tumor of the external genitalia of the dog and other canines, and is transmitted from animal to animal during mating.
Dogs can develop carcinomas of epithelial cells and organs, sarcomas of connective tissues and bones, and lymphomas or leukemias of the circulatory system. Selective breeding of dogs has led certain pure-bred breeds to be at high-risk for specific kinds of cancer. [1] Veterinary oncology is the medical study of cancer in animals, and can be ...
Cancer in dogs (17 P) D. ... Pages in category "Dog diseases" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. ... Cushing's syndrome (veterinary) D.
In very young puppies whose mother was never vaccinated, a form of parvovirus (CPV-2) that causes cardiac syndrome is most common. This is myocarditis, an inflammation in the muscle of the heart ...
General signs and symptoms include depression, fever, weight loss, loss of appetite, loss of hair or fur and vomiting. Lymphoma is the most common cancerous cause of hypercalcemia (high blood calcium levels) in dogs. [9] It can lead to the above signs and symptoms plus increased water drinking, increased urination, and cardiac arrhythmias.
UCG/Getty Images. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, CIV is a respiratory disease caused by two separate Type A viruses.(Type A means the virus can infect animals, and its ...
The Calomys callosus field mouse is a natural carrier of the virus, the symptoms of which are ... of spillover from an animal like a raccoon dog or ... of viruses caused more than 90% of the ...