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Side effects in dogs and cats include hypersalivation, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and vomiting. [12] [16] Eight percent of dogs taking maropitant at doses meant to prevent motion sickness vomited right after, likely due to the local effects maropitant had on the gastrointestinal tract. Small amounts of food beforehand can prevent such post ...
The presence of cats in addition to their purring as well as petting them can deliver both psychological and physical benefits. [50] Therapy cats are being used as companions to help the recovery and well-being of people who have had strokes, [51] high blood pressure, [52] [53] anxiety, [52] [53] and/or depression to name a few. [53] [54]
A fogger or spray insecticide containing an insect growth regulator, such as pyriproxyfen or methoprene can kill eggs and pupae, which are quite resistant to insecticides. A comparison of 3 insecticides (selamectin, fipronil, imidacloprid) showed that selamectin reduced larval cat fleas ≥93.5% after 24 h at doses of ≥0.3 μg. In contrast ...
For some species bringing new life into the world also serves as a final act. Here are 10 animal mothers that die after giving birth.
Dr. Kwane examines the animal and pronounces her healthy and still a week out from giving birth. “You’ve been doing a good job nourishing her,” he tells Chris. “You’ve been doing a good ...
Cats are carnivores. The kidney is a vital organ with a variety of tasks. It plays an important role in maintaining the water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, in the excretion of toxic metabolic degradation products such as urea and in the recovery of valuable substances such as glucose, amino acids, peptides and minerals initially filtered out of the blood during ultrafiltration in the ...
Pregnancy may be a stress test for the heart, with high blood pressure revealing a woman’s pre-existing predisposition for a heart attack or stroke years later.
I am editing the statement about methoprene-containing products being pulled by the EPA for the following reason: The statement, while true, is misleading. It can lead readers to believe that methoprene is dangerous to cats. It is not, the phenothrin was the cause of the adverse reactions. The fact that the product contained methoprene is ...