The illness of focus is 'kennel cough' - the general name given to bronchitis in dogs. Like chest infections in humans, ...

Pet owners are encouraged to recognise the symptoms of a respiratory infection in dogs that can cause a 'hacking cough'. This ...

Dog ears are made up of 18 muscles (vs. the human ear with six) and have considerably longer ear canals, which help them hone their sense of hearing. While this means dogs are vastly better at ...

We explain why the anatomy of a dog's ear makes them prone to ear infections and what you can do to help them.

Dogs are individuals, and there is no way to prevent all of their problems all of the time. If you want to stop most of their ear problems most of the time, you can use the simple cleaning and ...

Q: "My French Bulldog is about 2 years old and constantly keeps getting these bacterial infections in her ear. I'm afraid that, over time, her ear canal is going to get closed shut, as it's already ...

Cefpodoxime (Cefpoderm, Simplicef) is an antibiotic that’s FDA-approved to treat skin infections like staphylococcus and streptococcus, which cause infections and itching in dogs. Your veterinarian ...

Cephalexin (Keflex, Rilexine) is a medicine used to treat dogs and cats for skin infections caused by certain bacteria, especially staph infections. It’s also used extra-label or off-label to treat ...

Pet dogs are an important but overlooked source of salmonella infections among humans, a recent study from Penn State University (PSU) has found. Hygiene practices of dog owners, dog food safety and ...

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