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Facial Nerve Paralysis in Dogs and Cats
Facial nerve paralysis is a failure of conduction in the facial nerve that causes a drooping ear, lip, and tongue, difficulty eating, and a risk of keratitis. It may follow ear disease, trauma, infection, or toxicity, and treatment removes the cause while protecting the eye.
Ventricular Septal Defect in Dogs and Cats
Ventricular septal defect is a congenital hole in the wall between the heart's lower chambers, with a clear hereditary tendency. Signs include slow growth, easy fatigue, cough, and breathlessness, and severe cases shorten life. Treatment improves heart function and prevents secondary infection.
Uremia in Dogs and Cats
Uremia is the severe, body-wide poisoning that results when advanced kidney failure lets metabolic wastes build up in the blood. It affects the nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, and blood systems, and is treated by managing the underlying kidney disease and the individual symptoms.
Jaundice in Dogs and Cats
Jaundice is yellow discoloration of tissues from high blood bilirubin due to blocked pigment metabolism; it is a sign of liver, bile-duct, or hemolytic disease rather than a disease itself. Treatment targets the underlying cause and supports the liver.
Canine and Feline Eperythrozoonosis (Hemotrophic Mycoplasmosis): Symptoms, Transmission, and Treatment
Eperythrozoonosis, also called hemotrophic mycoplasmosis, is a tick- and flea-borne infectious disease of dogs and cats marked by anemia and jaundice. It is treated with tetracycline-class antibiotics and supportive care.
Canine Rotavirus Infection: Symptoms and Treatment
Rotavirus is an intestinal infection that mainly affects young puppies, causing diarrhea while adult dogs often show no symptoms. The virus sheds in feces and spreads by the oral-fecal route, and can pass between species, allowing it to persist in the environment.
Do Cats Need Deworming in Winter?
Parasites stay active even in winter, so year-round deworming matters. Fleas, ticks, heartworm, and intestinal worms can all affect cats during the cold months, and several safe topical and systemic products are available.
What to Do When Your Dog Is Losing Hair
Hair loss is the shedding of fur. In dogs it may be a follicle disease from self-trauma by scratching or chewing.
Cat Trauma: Diagnosis and Treatment
A car accident or trauma refers to injuries a cat suffers when struck by a moving vehicle such as a car, truck, train, or motorcycle. In addition, when a cat suffers human abuse, falls from a height, or is attacked by another animal, it can also lead to external trauma in the cat. The effects of trauma range from mild to life-threatening, and any body system can be affected.
What to Do for Anemia in Cats
Anemia refers to a low red blood cell count. It can be caused by many different blood problems, including blood loss, damaged red blood cells, and insufficient red blood cell production.