25 Feb2014
Allergies in dogs and cats
Just like humans, dogs and cats can suffer from various allergies : food allergy, contact allergy, atopic dermatitis caused by environmental allergens, or even allergic dermatitis fleas Needlestick.
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25 Feb2014
Feline leukemia
Feline leukemia is a serious viral disease. It is due to infection by the feline leukemia virus, named FeLV. It is sometimes confused with the "cats AIDS" or IVF. Although there are similarities between these two diseases, These are well two distinct diseases. There is a vaccine against feline leukemia but not "AIDS of the cat". Recall, Unlike some of the ideas received, that none of these two diseases are transmissible to man.
25 Feb2014
Chronic kidney disease in the dog and cat
The kidneys are two organs in the abdominal cavity and whose main role is the detoxification and elimination of nitrogenous wastes in the urine.
They also play a role in blood pressure regulation and homeostasis (maintaining the Ionic balance in the blood).
25 Feb2014
What is the difference between elimination and urine marking in cats ?
The cat emits urine in two different ways :
¤ The elimination
When he goes to the litter, He sniffs the substrate, turns on itself, squats and then eliminates in this position, this before overwriting its urine and its excrement.
25 Feb2014
Urinary dirtiness associated with a developmental disorder
Urinary dirtiness in the cat sometimes follows an event During its first months of life, event having failed to follow a very normal development.