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A secondary aim was to assess the consistency between the dogs implicated in fatal attacks and those identified in Spanish legislation as potentially dangerous dogs (perros potencialmente peligrosos). Fatal dog bites in Spain average 1.6 deaths annually, corresponding to a rate of 0.003 per 100,000 residents.
Dogs exhibiting this form of pica should be tested for anemia with a complete blood count including hematocrit levels, or packed cell volume. [46] [47] Coprophagia is the ingestion by a dog of feces, either its own or those of another dog or animal.
A popular arthritis medication for dogs has sickened thousands of pets and likely caused others to die, the Food and Drug Administration said in an urgent warning. Dangerous side effects from the ...
Worms and other internal parasites can be treated easily but are some of the most common problems seen in dogs. Some of the internal parasites that cause diarrhea and loose stools in puppies ...
A dog displaying a typical clinical picture of visceral leishmaniasis. Canine leishmaniasis (LEESH-ma-NIGH-ah-sis) is a zoonotic disease (see human leishmaniasis) caused by Leishmania parasites transmitted by the bite of an infected phlebotomine sandfly. There have been no documented cases of leishmaniasis transmission from dogs to humans.
The United States Food and Drugs Administration is warning pet owners about a common medication given to pets to treat arthritis. The F.D.A. now says that the drug Librela may be associated with ...
Ehrlichiosis (/ ˌ ɛər l ɪ k i ˈ oʊ s ɪ s /; also known as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, tracker dog disease, and tropical canine pancytopenia) is a tick-borne disease of dogs usually caused by the rickettsial agent Ehrlichia canis. Ehrlichia canis is the pathogen of animals.
Even the tiniest pet dogs can trace their ancestry back to wolves and, even though they are domesticated, dogs still have some of their wild animal traits. Dogs bite around 4 million people each ...