An acral (affecting a limb) lick granuloma is an open sore. Constant licking or grooming one area of the skin prevents healing. While it can affect any breed of dog, large breeds such as German Shepherds, Great Danes, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and Dobermans seem more prone to lick granulomas. Once thought to be psychogenic […]
Well actualy, not a new nose but a new take on a nose that’s been around for quite a while. To give you some background, hospital patients today face a threat from the “Superbug”, a drug-resistant bacteria. Clostridium Difficile (C. diff) is a potentially fatal bacteria that forms spores and can live in the environment […]
Strangles is a bacterial infection, Streptococcus Equi. It can quickly spread from horse to horse contact or contaminated materials such as food and water buckets, grooming tools, etc. The disease is known as strangles because sometimes extreme swelling of lymph nodes in the throat area can cause suffocation. The bacteria enters through the nose or […]
