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Thursday, May 31, 2012
The Boxer (dog), a formidable guardian.
The Boxer is part of the Molosser dog group, developed in Germany in the late 19th century from the now extinct Bullenbeisser, a dog of Mastiff descent, and
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A Bouvier des Flandres dog.
The monks at the Ter Duinen monastery, in Flanders, were among the earliest known breeders of Flanders. The bouviers bred by them are recorded as having been bred from imports such as
Kennel cough in dogs.
Symptoms can include a harsh, dry, hacking cough, retching, sneezing, snorting, gagging or vomiting in response to light pressing of the trachea or after excitement or exercise.
Dogs and brucellosis disease.
The causative agent of brucellosis in dogs is Brucella canis. It is transmitted to other dogs through breeding and contact with aborted fetuses.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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Horse grass sickness disease.
The first cases of grass sickness were recorded in eastern Scotland in 1907.
Grass sickness is a polyneuropathy affecting the central, peripheral and enteric nervous systems.
Monday, May 28, 2012
An orange-winged Amazon parrot.
The Orange-winged Amazon is a mainly green parrot about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighing about 340 gm. It has blue and yellow feathers on its head which varies in extent between individuals.
Birds feather-plucking.
Feather-plucking is generally regarded as a multifactorial disorder, although three main aspects of bird keeping may be related to the problem: (1) cage size often restricts the bird’s movements; (2) cage design and barrenness of the environment often do not provide sufficient behavioural opportunities to meet the bird's sensitivity,
Psittacine beak and feather disease in parrots.
The first report of featherless, dirty-looking birds in Australian bush was in 1907 by Edwin Ashby. He described the outbreak of PBFD in wild Red-rumped Parrot in Adelaide hills, South Australia in 1888.
Parrots disease, psittacosis.
In birds, Chlamydophila psittaci infection is referred to as avian chlamydiosis (AC). Infected birds shed the bacteria through feces and nasal discharges, which can remain infectious for several months.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Top five pet food myths
Many of us feed our pets what we think they like as opposed to what is right for them. The Pet Food Manufacturers Association are keen to dispel some of these common myths and set the record straight for pet owners everywhere.
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