Category: Disease Processes
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ is a nutritional condition (dietetica) affecting the liver (hepatosis)! It is now quite uncommon due to development of properly formulated diets for pigs.
๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ is an infection with ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐, a fungus that is normally found in the mouth and gastrointestinal tract of animals. Under certain circumstances, this fungus can proliferate, causing the disease!
๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ is a pretty complex name, so lets break it down. ๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ means poor development of the hair follicles (hypo- meaning less, and trich- meaning hair), while ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ means lack of teeth (an- meaning not, and odont- meaning teeth). So these animals have no teeth and minimal hair!
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ is a condition where the ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ, the storage sac for bile from the liver, becomes full of mucus-like bile instead of the normal fluid bile!
๐๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ are exactly as described: twins that are fused together at some point on their body. They have been reported throughout history, with cases even documented in medieval paintings!
๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ is a viral disease caused by ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ, one of the major pathogens we vaccinate dogs for! In fact, our vaccination policies have been so successful that this disease is now considered rare in North America.
๐๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ is an extremely common condition in large and giant breed dogs, and results in ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (looseness) of the hip joints.
Mites are eight legged ectoparasites that infect the skin of many different species. The main mite species are Demodex and Sarcoptes, but Notoedres, Otodectes, Psoroptes, Chorioptes and Cheyletiella are also significant. Because they’re all so similar, sometimes it can be hard to keep them straight!
๐๐ซ๐ is viral disease that can be found throughout the world! It also goes by the names ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ or ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ.
๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ is a common type of clover found throughout North America, that is associated with liver disease in horses. Alsike cloverโs scientific name is ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฆ.