6 Important Things You Need To Know About Your Pup’s Hygiene Let’s be real here: in popular society, dogs are not expected to be clean. But there’s more to canine hygiene than just the occasional bath. There are teeth to brush, dog beds to clean, and even chew toys to de-slobber. Unsure of…
How to Properly Feed Your Underwater Pet The amount of food you give your fish is important. That said, do not overfeed the animal. You have probably heard this before and it is true. While overfeeding won’t make your fish explode, it will contaminate the water, making the tank an…
Hematological and Biochemical Changes in Horses ABSTRACT This was a prospective study, which involved following up cases of colic and from which blood samples for haematology and serum for biochemical analysis were collected. The haematological parameters measured were total erythrocyte count (TEC), haemoglobin concentration (Hb), Haematocrit (hct), mean corpuscular volume…
Spaying or Neutering your pet By spaying or neutering your pet, you’ll help control the pet population, which results in few healthy dogs and cats that are being able to be taken care of. There are medical and behavioral benefits to spaying (female pets) and neutering (male pets) your animals.…
Megaesophagus Megaesophagus is loss of tone and motility of the esophagus, which often results to diffuse dilation of the esophagus and clinical sign seen is mostly regurgitation. This condition can be either congenital or acquired. In addition to regurgitation, other signs includes aspiration pneumonia which develops when there is entrance of food…
Dog Aggression Dog aggression is a character many dogs owners encounter with trepidation. There is no doubt that many dog owners are victims of bites from their own dogs, especially when they try to separate dogs fighting. While there are many others who have been ambushed by an aggressive dog.…
Spaying and Neutering Rabbits Rabbits can reproduce many times in a year and for those who keep them as pets, this can be challenging to take care of this rapidly increasing population. In addition, sexual aggression is common and this can be eliminated by castration of the male rabbit (buck)…
Feline Leukemia virus (FeLV) Feline Leukemia virus affects cats and is related to FIV or HIV, However, it does not affect human beings. Like, FIV which is mostly transmitted through cats bites (common in male cats when they go hunting for a molly or queen), FeLV is more contagious and…
Toxoplasmosis in Cats We received a call from a lady who was expectant and had been tested positive for Toxoplasma gondii infection. She was very concerned that her dogs could have passed this infection to her; she does not own any cat. During the telephone conversation, she mentioned that stray…
Trypanosomiasis in Horses This is a blood and tissue parasite which also has the ability to invade the nervous system. High levels of parasitaemia are seen in horses, camels and dogs. Although it also affects other animals including livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) buffaloes and pigs. Trypanosomiasis is caused by…
