Animals are certainly more attuned to their environment than people are. But do they really sense disasters before they occur? Experts, as they often do, disagree. Before hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, storms, many animals head for the woods and forests where they feel safest. During thunderstorms, lightning flashes produce nitrogen oxides and the smell produced […]
Proventricular Dilation Disease (PDD) affects primarily parrots, but also some other birds. It is also known as the Wasting Syndrome. The Proventriculus is a glandular part of the avian stomach that may store and or begin digestion of food before it moves to the gizzard. The gizzard is a muscular pouch behind the stomach that […]
The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) explains that Dog Flu (Canine Influenza) is a contagious respiratory disease in dogs. It is cause by a Type A influenza virus labeled H3N8. It is not a human flu virus, but originally infected horses. H3N8 is highly contagious and has spread to dogs and between dogs. […]
