Dr. Greg Perrault 19.10.11 Gazettes.com Many of you are aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month for people and may have personally been touched by the disease. However, did you realize that cats and dogs also get breast cancer? We refer to it as mammary cancer in veterinary medicine.  Everyone loves petting their dog […]

Q: My dog has developed a fatty tumor on her back leg that doesn’t seem to bother her. My veterinarian says it is probably a lipoma. What are lipomas and where do they come from? Star exponent.com Dr. Michael Watts 18.10.11   A: Lipomas are well-encapsulated, benign tumors made up of fat tissue. They are […]

Pet Talk: Some dogs predisposed to deadly bloating Pet Talk. USAToday.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sharon L. Peters  8.6.11 At 6 p.m., the dog is perfectly happy and healthy. At 8, he’s dead, killed by his own body. Bloat (officially gastric dilatation/volvulus, or GDV) is a condition that some call the “mother of all emergencies,” one that kills thousands of […]

NATURAL HOMOEOPATHIC TICK TREATMENT In an effort to reduce the dependence on chemicals to which ticks are becoming increasingly resistant, this work was carried out to determine if a homeopathic medicine made from the tick can provide a viable alternative. 27 tick-infested cattle were divided into 3 groups. One group received no treatment, the next […]

MERCK SUED: HomeAgain® PET CHIP IMPLICATED IN CANCER   Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. has been served with a lawsuit over claims its HomeAgain® pet microchip induced cancer in a cat. Animal rights attorney Steven Wise seeks “reasonable compensatory damages” for a malignant tumor “likely” induced by a HomeAgain® ID chip implanted in his client’s […]

Chamomile (botanical name – Chamomilla recutita or Matricaria recutita) is a herbal medicine that possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-ulcer and other healing properties. It can also act as a mild sedative and may be suitable for the treatment of anxiety, colic, gastrointestinal inflammation and diarrhoea and may be used topically (on the skin) for the treatment […]