Arthritis
Arthritis affects one in five dogs over the age of seven. It is a painful condition that affects the joints and can occur in your dog's neck, hips, shoulders, elbows and back.
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Cancer
Cancer is a very common occurrence in the dogs. It is one of the most common causes of death in dogs. Cancer is any malignant, cellular tumor; cancers are divided into two broad categories of carcinoma and sarcomas.
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Colitis
Colitis is an inflammation of the large intestine or the colon. It may be acute, with sudden onset and short duration, or chronic, where is lasts at least two to three weeks. Sometimes there is a pattern of episodic recurrence.
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Congenital heart disease is not very common in dogs. Only 1 percent of dogs are afflicted with this ailment. Congenital heart disease or heart disorder occur for a number of different reasons including fatty deposits in the heart. In all congenital heart diseases, congenital aortic stenosis is probably the most common heart defect seen in large dog breeds.
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Corona Virus
Corona viral infection is a highly contagious disease, especially in young dogs. Canine Corona virus ties with Canine Parvovirus as the leading causes of severe diarrhea in dogs, but the Canine Corona virus rarely kills young dogs.
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Dermatitis
Dermatitis is a term literally meaning 'inflammation of the skin'. It is usually used to refer to eczema, which is also known as Dermatitis eczema. There are several different types of dermatitis. Usually all of them involve an allergic reaction to specific allergens.
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Distemper
As distemper can spread through air, it can easily affect non immunized puppies in contact with infected animals. Distemper is a contagious, incurable, often fatal, multi-symptom viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems and is caused by the canine distemper virus (CDV).
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Whenever a dog is bitten by another animal, there is always a chance of getting infected with rabies. Rabies is a virus that can affect any warm-blooded animal.
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Gastric Torsion
Cancer is the leading killer of dog's world wide and especially in North America. But Gastric Torsion/Bloat is not that far behind. Gastric Torsion is a very serious health risk for many dogs.
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Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a common disease in humans but also in dogs. Many medical conditions are difficult to understand, but glaucoma isn't. It merely means that the pressure fluid inside the eyeball is excessively high. When this occurs, internal structures are destroyed.
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Kidney Stones
The problem of kidney stones in dogs is also called calculi or urolithiasis. Kidney stones is common among dogs. In general, kidney stones afflict 6% of dogs.
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Pancreatitis
Inflammation of the pancreas, a gland within the abdomen, is called pancreatitis. The pancreas is composed of two portions. The first portion produces enzymes that are secreted into the intestine.
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Parvoviruses is one of the smallest viruses found in nature. Many mammals have a strain of parvovirus associated with them and the virus tends to be specific about which animals it infects.
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Prostatitis
Like humans, male dogs have a prostrate. The prostate contributes to the formation of semen. The gland typically enlarges over time under the influence of testosterone and other hormones.
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Salmon Poisoning
Dogs love fish but unfortunately, fish can kill your dog. Salmon and other anadromous fish (fish that swim upstream to breed) can be infected with a parasite called Nanophyetus Salmincola. Salmon Poisoning is a potentially fatal condition seen in dogs that eat infected fish.
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