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Chronic Hepatitis in Dogs and Cats
Chronic hepatitis is a long-term inflammation of the liver, often developing from repeated or unresolved acute injury. It causes persistent digestive upset, weight loss, and sometimes mild jaundice; management protects the liver, improves bile flow, and supports nutrition.
Intestinal Obstruction in Dogs and Cats
Intestinal obstruction is a physical or functional blockage that prevents intestinal contents from moving normally, causing severe abdominal pain and systemic illness. It may be partial or complete and usually requires surgery to remove the blockage, plus fluids and antibiotics.
Acute Enteritis in Dogs and Cats
Acute enteritis is a sudden inflammation of the intestinal wall that causes digestive upset, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever in dogs and cats of any age or breed. Young animals tend to be affected more severely; treatment focuses on rehydration, controlling vomiting, and treating the underlying cause.
Canine and Feline Trichomoniasis: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Trichomoniasis is a protozoal parasite infection of dogs and cats, most often caused by Pentatrichomonas, that produces stubborn, mucoid, sometimes bloody diarrhea. It spreads through contaminated food and water and is managed with antiprotozoal therapy plus supportive care.
Feline Lungworm Infection (Aelurostrongylosis): Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Feline lungworm infection is caused by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, which lives in the small bronchi and alveoli of cats and forms lung nodules. It is treated with anthelmintics and respiratory support.
Coccidioidomycosis in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Coccidioidomycosis, also called coccidioidal granuloma, is caused by Coccidioides immitis. It usually presents as an acute, benign, asymptomatic, or self-limiting primary respiratory infection, occasionally disseminating to form focal lesions in skin, subcutaneous tissue, lymph nodes, bone, liver, kidney, meninges, brain, or other tissues.
Canine Coronavirus (CCoV): Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Canine coronavirus is a highly contagious viral infection that causes acute gastroenteritis in dogs. It spreads through contact with contaminated saliva, feces, and food, and typically produces vomiting, diarrhea, and appetite loss. Most dogs recover within 7 to 10 days, but the infection is known to recur.
Dog Bloating and Loss of Appetite
Bloating refers to the symptom of a dog's stomach and intestines swelling due to excessive gas production. Flatulence generally refers to the process of expelling excess gas from the body. Gas from flatulence is mainly expelled through the anus.
Symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs
Canine IBD is a group of gastrointestinal diseases involving infiltration of inflammatory cells into the dog's gastrointestinal tract. IBD can affect the upper and lower digestive tracts and is the most common cause of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs. The cause of IBD is not yet clear. This article covers its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Cat Vaccination: What to Know Before and After
Vaccines work with your cat's immune system to build protection before real exposure. Here is how immunity develops, the main vaccine types, and the schedule and side-effects every cat owner should understand.