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Dog Food Ingredients for Good Health
October 18, 2011 • Health & Wellness •
While all fats are not created equal, certain fatty acids are crucial for your pup’s good health.
“Fatty acids are the building blocks of fats,” explains Dr. Amy Dicke, a technical services veterinarian with Iams. “Certain omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are essential for your dog and must be supplied through the diet. These omega-6s and omega-3s are keys for maintaining healthy cell growth.”
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Ever consider alternative health options for your dog?
October 17, 2011 • Health & Wellness
More and more people are turning to alternative medicine to cure what ails them, and they're doing the same for their dogs. Almost every alternative therapy used to treat humans is also used for canines.
Often, dog lovers experiment with alternative therapies to find gentle treatments for conditions such as pain, especially in senior dogs. Acupuncture, chiropractic, herbs, and massage are all used... -
Dogs With Lyme Disease Predictor of Tick-Borne Illness in Humans
October 13, 2011 • Health & Wellness
The more dogs with Lyme disease, the higher the incidence of this tick-borne illness in humans, according to the results of a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Using data from unique “prevalence maps” provided by the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC, www.PetsAndParasites.org), scientists found that people in areas with a higher-than-average number of dogs...
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Canine Heart Disease: A Silent Killer
October 12, 2011 • Health & Wellness •
On a percentage basis, more dogs than people suffer from heart disease. According to Novartis Animal Health, a Switzerland-based healthcare company, 25 percent of dogs over the age of seven have the most extreme form of heart disease -- heart failure. By contrast, the National Institutes of Health estimates that only 6.4 percent of men and 2.5 percent of women between the ages of 65 and 74...
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Wet weather and record rainfall = pet problems
October 10, 2011 • Health & Wellness
With the fall season, many areas of the country are seeing a change in the weather, including more rainfall and snow just now hitting the Rocky Mountains. Los Angeles yesterday recorded record rainfall with an early fall storm that moved in fast off the Pacific. In fact, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, they’re still cleaning up from a record rainfall in the Philadelphia metro area (more than 19...
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Vet shares the benefits of animal therapy
September 26, 2011 • Health & Wellness •
Humans and animals share an ancient history of co-dependence, but this relationship extends far beyond domestication for food and labor purposes. The medical field, for example, utilized leeches and maggots for centuries, if not millennia. More modern times see a broader selection of animals helping their human partners through many different permanent and temporary...
