Mar 26, 2021 | Pet Diseases
Heartworm disease is prevalent throughout the United States. Many factors exist which cause rates of infection to vary year to year and state to state. Because risk factors are impossible to predict due to fluctuating conditions, pets should be given heartworm...
Dec 20, 2019 | Pet Diseases
Canine parvovirus is highly contagious and deadly. Commonly known as parvo, this disease is easily prevented through vaccination. In fact, vaccination is practically 100% effective in protecting pets against parvo. If a puppy is not vaccinated when exposed to the...
Aug 28, 2019 | Pet Diseases
Many dogs enjoy nothing more than playing in the water. Unfortunately, this seemingly harmless, fun activity has proven fatal for some dogs. The culprit is toxic blue-green algae. Extreme algae blooms have appeared in lakes in the Pacific Northwest, the entire coast...
Aug 8, 2019 | Pet Diseases
Rabies vaccination programs here in the United States have been successful in preventing the natural spread of rabies in dogs. There were 125 cases of human rabies reported in the US between 1960 to 2018. Twenty-eight percent of these cases were a result of contact...
Jun 20, 2019 | Pet Diseases
A reminder alerting me it is time for my dog’s preventive consistently appears on my phone screen at regularly scheduled intervals. Every time, without fail, I find myself feeling confused and uncertain. Does the preventive include heartworm or is it only for...
May 14, 2019 | Pet Diseases
The risk of leptospirosis is increasing due to flooding and higher than normal spring rains. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that can cause serious illness in dogs, other animals and people. Caused by bacteria found in water and wet soil, it causes flu-like...