Dealing With Poisons
Poisoning in dogs is not very common but when it does occur prompt action is required. The subject of poisoning is complex because a number of agents may produce the symptoms o
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Looking After Your Dog`s Eyes
1. Scratches of the eye.
2. Foreign bodies.
3. Extrusion of the eye-ball.
Eyes are extraordinarily delicate and tender organs. Any injury or mishap to them should
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Paralysis
This condition, a symptom or result rather than a disease in itself, is tedious to nurse and alarming to see, but even apparently hopeless cases can sometimes make remarkable recoveries.
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Ear Problems
Mishaps to these parts of the dog’s anatomy are fairly frequent. The three main causes of trouble are:
1. Torn ears (from fighting or by barbed wire).
2. Haematoma (a haemorrhage
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Dealing With Acute Masitis
Mastitis, or inflammation of a milk gland, is usually seen in bitches in milk. Therefore this condition arises in bitches which have recently whelped or, less commonly, i
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Dealing With Fracture
General. Fractures are the result of injury to the normally firm skeletal tissue?bone. Fractures may be of three main types:
1. Simple fracture. The bone is broken in one pla
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Eclampsia
Eclampsia is a condition seen in the bitch and it generally occurs about the time of whelping, or it may occur during the suckling period. This condition is caused by a lowering of the bl
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Dealing With Heat Stroke
This is most frequent in short-nosed dogs, especially bulldogs. Immediate action is important as collapse and heart failure may occur quite rapidly. Remove the dog to as co
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Discharge From Virgina
This is quite common, even in health, and there is, of course, the periodic flow of blood seen in the “in season” bitch. Maiden bitches often have a slight discharge and pr
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Dealing With Wounds
These fall into four principal categories: incised (when there is a clean cut, as from a knife), lacerated (when the skin and other parts are torn), contused (when bruising is a
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