Pet, Livestock and Poultry Blog
Vet explanations of common dog diseases in India, including parvo, distemper, tick fever, leptospirosis, heart and kidney disease, with symptoms, tests and treatment.
Metronidazole for dogs and cats: uses for Giardia and gut infections, when it is not needed, giving the bitter pill, and neurotoxicity…
Heart failure in dogs: mitral valve disease vs DCM, stages, murmurs, cough and fast breathing, medicines, and counting sleeping breaths at home.
Slipped disc (IVDD) in dogs: back pain to paralysis, grades, strict crate rest, when surgery is needed, recovery care and prevention.
Canine distemper: how it spreads, eye discharge, cough, twitching and fits, hard paw pads, nursing care at home, and vaccine protection.
Leptospirosis in dogs: rat urine and monsoon water risk, fever, jaundice and kidney signs, hospital treatment, human safety and the yearly vaccine.
Tick paralysis and Lyme disease in dogs: sudden hind-leg weakness, how they differ from tick fever, treatment and safe tick removal.
Nursing mother dog trembling? Eclampsia (milk fever) vs seizures, distemper twitching, poisoning, swollen lymph nodes and when to rush.
Bloody diarrhoea in dogs: colitis vs HGE vs parvo vs hookworms, raspberry jam stool, emergency signs, tests, fluids and home care.
Heartworm in dogs and cats in India: mosquito life cycle, stages, antigen tests, treatment, prevention and Dirofilaria repens.
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