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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency in dogs and cats impairs hemoglobin synthesis and nerve function, causing microcytic hypochromic anemia, poor appetite, skin inflammation, and seizures or ataxia. It is corrected with pyridoxine and a balanced diet.
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) deficiency in dogs and cats causes poor appetite, stalled growth, and characteristic lesions of the skin, mouth, and eyes including dermatitis, cheilosis, and corneal clouding. It is corrected with dietary riboflavin and a balanced ration.
Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in dogs and cats impairs glucose metabolism and especially nerve function, producing anorexia, weakness, and progressive neurological signs such as ataxia, seizures, and paralysis. It is caused by raw-fish diets, gut or liver disease, and high demand, and responds to thiamine replacement.
Vitamin A Toxicity (Hypervitaminosis A) in Dogs and Cats
Vitamin A toxicity in dogs and cats follows prolonged over-supplementation with vitamin A or liver-heavy diets, suppressing bone-forming cells and causing periosteal bone spurs, pain, and lameness. It is reversed by stopping excess vitamin A and providing supportive joint care.
Diabetes Mellitus in Dogs and Cats
Diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats is a disorder of insulin deficiency or resistance that causes persistently high blood sugar. Classic signs are excessive drinking, eating, and urinating with weight loss, and treatment centers on diet, insulin or other glucose-lowering medication, and monitoring.
Glycogen Storage Disease in Dogs and Cats
Glycogen storage disease is an inherited metabolic disorder in which a congenital lack of glycogen-splitting enzymes lets glycogen accumulate in the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system. It causes persistent low blood sugar with weakness, seizures, and incontinence, and needs prompt veterinary care to avoid irreversible brain damage.
Canine and Feline Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem autoimmune disease causing fever, joint pain, mouth ulcers, and often anemia or kidney involvement. It is managed long-term with immune-suppressing therapy.
Canine and Feline Food Allergy (Adverse Food Reaction)
Food allergy is an immune reaction to a dietary ingredient that produces itchy skin and digestive upset. It is controlled by identifying and removing the offending food through an elimination diet.
Canine and Feline Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes insipidus is a disorder of water balance in which the body cannot concentrate urine, causing massive drinking and urination. It results from low antidiuretic hormone or unresponsive kidneys, and is managed by treating the cause and replacing the hormone.
Canine and Feline Estrogen Excess
Estrogen excess happens when the ovaries overproduce estrogen or estrogen is given in excess, leading to symmetric hair loss, skin changes, and reproductive-tract problems. It is corrected by stopping the source and, in tumor cases, surgical removal.