Lead in Water: Questions and Answers about Dogs and Cats: You are being redirected to updated information on this topic.

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Dogs Don't Get Heart Attacks, But They Do Get This

Dogs almost never develop the same sort of hardening of the arteries, known as atherosclerosis, that makes middle-aged men and women clutch their chests, drop ...

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Helping Animals During a Disaster

The most important thing you can do to help animals during a disaster is to be sure that you have prepared appropriate emergency kits for yourself, your human f ...

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Slithering Snakes!

I wrote these discharge instructions when I was an intern. Recently, as I scanned the list of discharge instructions I'd written for various diseases I noticed ...

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Serving the Service Dog

There is a rug under my desk masquerading as a golden retriever – or is it the other way around? At the moment, Cricket is doing exactly what a working dog shou ...

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Arthritis in Pets: What can be Done?

Key pointsExactly what is Osteoarthritis?Osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease that may affect any joint but is commonly found in a pet’s  hip, elbo ...

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