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HEALTH LINKS
BLOAT
CANCER
CARDIAC
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DYSPLASIA
FEEDING / FOODS
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the Best Dog Food for the Money - cost per feeding and
the energy values in foods
- Breed
Specific Feeding and Nutrition - addressing the issue
of dog breed specific nutritional requirements, definitions
for wording used on dog food labels, AAFCO testing of dog food
and alternatives to feeding your dog a commercial all-breed
dog food - by William Cusick
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Canine Vitamin Advisor - "intended to provide individualized
suggestions of vitamin and herb supplements for generally healthy
dogs"
- Dog
Eat Dog - What's Inside the Food We Feed - by Frenchie
breeder Carol Gravestock-Taylor
- <NEW> Dog Food Analysis - The purpose of DFA remains that of providing an assessment of the various commercial foods available, based on the product information provided by the manufacturers.
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Dog Food Comparison Charts - compiled by a Doberman
breeder, this site provides information on commercial dog foods;
also information on raw feeding
- Dog
Food Ingredients - Definitions - AAFCO definitions of
items food in dog food
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Dry Dog Food Comparison Charts - lists protein and fat
%, the first 3 ingredients and preservatives of many popular
brands of kibble; kcals also provided on some brands
- Feeding
Garlic and Onions - from the Petdiets.com web site's
FAQ; the connection between anemia and garlic/onions
- Feeding
Sighthounds - article by Greyhound breeder Laurie
Soutar on raw diet for the sighthound
- Feeding
the Canine Athlete for Optimum Performance - an article
by Dr. Robert Gillette, from the American Canine Sports Medicine
Association website
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Nutrition for Companion Carnivores - an article on feeding
the BARF diet; by Betty Lewis, RVT, Dr. A. N.
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Pet Food - 10 "Secrets" - "10 Secrets
Pet Food Companies Don't Want You to Know"
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Practical Canine Nutrition - information to make informed
choices; by Margaret Muns, DVM
- Relationship
of Nutrition to Developmental Skeletal Disease in Young Dogs
- from Veterinary Clinical Nutrition; "Of the nutritional
components, rate of growth, specific nutrients, food amounts
consumed, and feeding methods influence skeletal disease."
- Should
Your Dog Eat BARF? - article from the VetCentric
website regarding the raw foods diet
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Truth in Advertising - not all nutraceuticals live up
to their claims
- What
to Feed Borzoi - an article on breed specific feeding,
by William Cusick
- What's
in Your Pet's Food Dish? - by Trina Nowak, B.Sc.Agr.,
DVetHom
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What's Really in Pet Food - report from the Animal Protection
Institute
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FIRST AID
GENERAL INFORMATION
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HOLISTIC CARE / MEDICINE
- Alt
Vet Med - Alternative, Complementary & Holistic
Veterinary medicine
- Holistic
Pet Care Sites - a listing of sites dealing with natural
pet care
- Nosodes
- article on the advantages of using nosodes by Dr Donna
Starita Mahan
MISCELLANEOUS
- Addison's
Disease (Hypoadrenocortism) - from the Encyclopedia
of Canine Veterinary Medical Information
- Anesthesia
in Sighthounds - article by Mitchell Kornett, DVM; from
the SCOA website
- Anesthesia
in the Greyhound - information on various anesthetics
and their effects
- <NEW> Autoimmune Diseases - Immune system failures are a serious threat to your dog's health
- Autoimmune
Hemolytic Anemia - Meisha's Hope webpage
- Blastomycosis
- information on this potentially devastating fungal disease
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Bleeding Disorders (Treatment) - article by Dr. Jean
Dodds
- Building
Confidence in a Shy or Omega Dog - article explores
"ways to help build confidence in a dog that is shy or
scares easily, as well as dogs that may not be shy, but are
on the bottom rung of the hierarchy ladder"
- Canine
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia - "much attention has
been given recently to AIHA due to evidence linking the process
of vaccinating with the manifestation of this sometimes life-threatening
disease"
- Canine
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia - a chronicle of Meisha,
a terrier who survived for many years after her diagnosis with
this disease
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Canine Epilepsy Research - Canine Epilepsy Project is
a collaborative study into the causes of epilepsy in dogs. It
is supported by grants from the AKC Canine Health Foundation
(CHF), individual breed clubs and private donations.
- Canine
Epilepsy Resource Center - home of the Epil-K9 list,
whose purpose is to discuss canine epilepsy and seizures; site
also has many links for epilepsy information
- Canine
Longevity Project - a research study being conducted
by the Michigan University College of Veterinary Medicine; follow
this link to enter information regarding your dog
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CDC - Center for Disease Control - a link to their Division
of Parasitic Diseases
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Chinese Medicine for American Pets - many dog owners
are turning to alternative methods for treating their canines
- Coprophagia
in the Canine - a study intended to provide epidemiological
information about the incidence of the behavior in the canine
population
- Corpulent
Canines - is your dog fit or fat?
- Cruciate
Ligament Rupture - informaton from the Veterinary
Medical Teaching Hospital at UC Davis
- Cushing's
Disease (Hyperadrenocortism) - information from the
Textbook of Veterinary Medicine, 1995. (requires a PDF
reader)
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Erlichiosis - information on this tick-borne disease
- Guide
to Recognizing Bone Diseases - information on three
common bone diseases - OCD, HOD and Pano
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Heartworm
Life Cycle
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Heatstroke - article on heatstroke prevention and treatment,
by Dr Henry De Boer, Jr
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Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy - bone disease that usually
affects young, rapidly growing, large breed dogs
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Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy - article by Jill Swedlow;
from a Great Dane website
- Hypertrophic
Osteodystrophy (HOD) - an in-depth article written by
Fred Lanting
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Immune System and Disease Resistance - article
by Dr W Jean Dodds, DVM
- Intestinal
Parasites - a listing of common intestinal parasites
from the Veterinary Information Service
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Invertebral Disk Disease - diagnosis, symptoms and treatment
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Invertebral Disk Disease - from the Gulf Coast Veterinary
Specialists
- Liver
(Portosystemic) Shunt - information regarding this
congenital problem, from a Maltese website
- the Misbehavior of Organisms - interesting article from 1961 first published in American Psycholgist
- More
About HOD - by Linda Arndt of BlackWatch Danes; lots
of information regarding causes, nutrition and treatment
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Muscle Injuries - from the LSU orthopedics website
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Panosteitis - information on this disease often referred
to as "growing pains", common in large breeds
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Parvo
FAQs - faqsheet compiled from a variety of internet
resources
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Parvovirus - one of the more in-depth articles on this
devastating disease
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Rage
Syndrome - article by Lyn Johnson, DVM, from the
English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association website
- Resistant
Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia and and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
in Dogs - notes from Joanne Dickson
- Ruptured
Anterior Cruciate Ligament - recognizing a possible
rupture and treatment options
- Ruptured
Cranial Cruciate Ligament - article from PetPlace.com
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Umbilical Hernias - differentiating between a "true
hernia" and a "delayed closure"; from the BreederVet
site
- Unilateral
Hip Dysplasia - article by Dr. M C Wakeman, on the BreederVet
site
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Von
Willebrand's Disease - By Linda Aronson, DVM, BCCA
Health Committee; from the Beardie Bulletin
- Why
a Post-Mortem Exam? - the importance of utilizing
post-mortems
- Wobbler's
Syndrome (Spondylolithesis) - collection of information
on this disease affecting the vertebrae
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POISON
- ASPCA
Animal Poison Control Center - features a monthly column,
veterinary abstracts and manuscripts on the subjects of toxins;
they also have a call center
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Poisonous Plants - from Cornell University - "a
growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected
animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry,
toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals
by plants and other natural flora"
- Poisons
- from the AVMA - a listing of common small animal poisons
THYROID
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VACCINATIONS
- Canine
Vaccination Protocol (2007) - Dr. Jean Dodds'
protocol for those dogs where minimal vaccinations are advisable
or desirable
- Critter
Fixer - website of Dr. Bob Rogers, a Texas vet who promotes
the newer view regarding vaccination protocols. His website
is a wealth of information and advice regarding vaccinating
your pets.
- Small
Animal Vaccination Protocol - from the University
of Colorado Veterinary Teaching Hospital
- Vaccinations
and Vaccinosis - Wendy Volhard discusses overvaccination
and the potential for vaccinosis
-
Vaccines: Potential Problems - article by Wendy Volhard
and Kerry Brown, DVM on the possible problems of vaccines; includes
a recommended vaccination schedule; difference between killed
virus and modified live vaccines
- Vaccinosis
- article with Dr. Richard Pitcairn discussing chronic disease
as a result of overvaccination
VISION
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