Treatment for parvovirus infection centers on what is called supportive care. This means that the veterinarian’s job is to keep the patient hydrated, comfortable and as strong as possible so…

What is Inflammatory Bowel Disease?  The membranes and layers of the normal GI tract are normally very delicate. There is a muscle layer responsible for proper movement and mixing of…

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease in cats today. Cardiomyopathy means heart (cardio) muscle (myo) disease (pathy). Other cardiomyopathies in cats that you may hear your veterinarian discuss…

Cats get heartworm infections! Just like dogs, cats get infected with heartworms. But in felines, the disease presents a little differently and is much harder to detect. Sometimes the first…

Early infection Heartworm disease is caused by infection that happens when an infected mosquito bites your companion pet. The larvae from the mosquito bite once it enters the dog’s body…

The diseased lower urinary tract yields the same symptoms regardless of cause. Bloody urineStraining to urinate (can easily be mistaken for straining to defecate)Urinating in unusual placesUrinary blockage (almost exclusively…