// Acepromazine is one of the most commonly used tranquilizers in veterinary medicine. It is a phenothiazine compound. Its mode of action is only partially understood but it involves blockage of dopamine nerve receptors in the brain. It causes t...

// HTML clipboard Dogs can get acne, too. Typically it shows up as bumps on a dog's chin that resemble those seen with acne in people. In some cases, this can be the result of allergic reactions. Plastic food bowels may be a source of these reac...

// Acral lick granulomas are a common problem in dogs. There are a number of treatments that have been advocated for this problem, mostly because none of them is consistently successful in eliminating all cases of lick granuloma. Lick granulomas...

// Addison's disease is also known as hypoadrenocorticism. It is an insufficient production of adrenal hormones by the adrenal gland. Since these hormones are essential for life, this is an extremely serious disease and it must be treated as suc...

// This virus causes a form of kennel cough and also protects against hepatitis in dogs. This is fortunate because there were more vaccine reactions using the hepatitis virus itself , even in a weakened state. While viral hepatitis is not as com...

// Anaemia is the condition in which there are fewer red blood cells than normal. Hemolytic anaemia describes the condition in which this loss of red blood cells occurs because the red cells break up (lyse). This can happen inside the blood vess...

// Bordetella is the most common cause of tracheobronchitis (kennel cough) in dogs. It is a bacterial illness that is most common among dogs that congregate at things like shows, kennels or other places frequented by large numbers of dogs at onc...

// Cute Faces, Major Health Problems If you own a Brussels Griffon, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Japanese Chin, Pekingese, Pug, Shih Tzu, or Yorkshire Terrier, you should understand the term brachycephalic.It comes the from the Greek "brachy" ...

// Brucellosis is a disease caused by a bacteria, Brucella canis. It is found throughout the world. It is spread through contact with aborted foetuses and discharges from the uterus of infected bitches, during mating, through maternal milk and p...

// For many years canine distemper virus was the most feared of the viral diseases affecting dogs. Parvovirus may have surpassed it in this regard but it is still a deadly virus that kills dogs and other members of the canine family. It is also ...