Pet Care Tips Blog

Three standard indicators of a horse's health are temperature, pulse rate and respiration. These can be used not only to determine if your horse is ill but also can indicate the type of illness.

Horse's Temperature

The normal temperature for a horse is about 38C (100.5F). Individual horses may vary half a degree either side of this, so you may want to take your horse's temperature when it is healthy so you know what its healthy temperature is exactly. There can also be a variation of up to half a degree due to time of day and activity. Variations of more than one degree indicate a problem, which should be treated accordingly..

Thousands of soldiers are returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with moderate to severe physical injuries. Such injuries include head tram, loss of limbs, and debilitating injuries to such areas as the arms and legs. Medical providers are utilizing a number of treatments to help these brave men and woman return to civilian life.

Service dogs are helping to counteract the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by providing dogs to help calm and relax a soldier suffering from PTSD. The dogs sense a soldier's anxiety helps calm the soldier through the use of touch. The dogs are a loving distraction from stress. The dogs have two years of special training to help people with cognitive disorders and physical disabilities.

If you have ever considered veterinary pet insurance, you may have thought, “I won't need this. My dog will never be sick enough to need insurance coverage.” Now consider this: there are 80 million dogs in the United States; 20 million will die of some form of cancer. That's 1 in 4! For dog lovers, this number is staggering. In fact, cancer is the leading cause of death in American dogs. Fortunately, many veterinary pet insurance policies cover cancer treatments, ranging from chemotherapy and radiation to antiangiogenic therapy (drugs used to stop the growth of tumors/progression of cancers) and holistic/alternative options.

Cancer is an immune dysfunction disease, regardless of the species. Canine cancers do affect some breeds more than others. Below is a list of some breeds and the cancers they are most likely to develop and/or are susceptible to:

Swine flu. Bird flu. No doubt you have heard of these maladies on the news and in the media. Should you, your friends and family be concerned about the spread and contagion of these diseases? Is there a risk of becoming deadly ill?

First of all the chance or chances of getting these disorders is more than extremely rare. Be reassured. You have a lot more chance of being hit by a drunken schmendrick as you travel down the highway and byways of life than ever of catching Swine or bird flu.

Heartworms are serious and should be treated as soon as possible. I suppose most of us would know that cats' and dogs' treatment for heartworms are different and so, never ever treat a cat's heartworms problem the same way as that of a dog's or vice versa. Heartworms condition should be carefully treated, and hence feed your cat with only medicines especially prescribe for it.

Unlike other common health conditions, heartworms treatment isn't sound as easy as it is. When such condition surface in your cat, the first thing you should do is to get your veterinarian's advice. To first consult your vet is important as there are many factors, besides getting rid of the heartworms, which you should be looking into.

Author: Brent McNutt

It is inevitable that you have to seek the services of a vet if you have even just one sorrowful eyed puppy, more so if you have a dozen adoring dogs and cats. The choice for a good and reliable veterinarian is critical because in his hands lay the health and life of your pets.

Choosing a vet among so many is difficult especially if each vet says that he is an expert in treating this illness or a specialist or trained at this Vet school with experience somewhere.