- Written by Dr Benjamin Kaye Pigmenturia is a term that can immediately raise concern in canine medicine, particularly for owners, but it’s often misunderstood or oversimplified. In essence, pigmenturia refers to urine that appears abnormally dark, red, brown, or [...]
Overview: Cats, dogs, ferrets, and most animals have pouches on each side of the anus. These are called anal sacs. A foul-smelling, brown liquid is secreted from the sac lining whenever the animal defecates. Although the exact function is [...]
Overview: Finding out that your beloved pet has a liver tumour, although daunting, is not the end. Your dog or cat can undergo surgery to have the mass taken out. Solitary large masses found in the liver are [...]
Overview: In dogs and cats, lung lobe (“pulmonary”) tumors are most frequently a result of cancer cells that have been carried by the blood stream and into the lung tissue. These types of tumors are called “metastatic.” Primary [...]
Overview: There are various areas that a tumor can arise from in the oral cavity, this includes the bone, soft tissue structures in the mandible and maxilla jaw, teeth, tongue, or pharynx. Most oral cavity tumors are malignant. The [...]
Overview: Bone tumours usually affect various parts of the spine, namely the axial (ribs, spine, scapula, pelvis and skull) or the appendicular (limbs). There are two classifications of these tumours. They are either primary which means that they form [...]
Overview: The blood calcium levels in cats and dogs is controlled by the parathyroid glands. These glands are small, flat and have chemical sensors which help determine if there is a decrease in calcium levels which will cause parathyroid [...]
Overview: There are two common lesions that are not cancerous namely ‘nodular hyperplasia’ and ‘splenic hematoma’. They are located in the spleen and make up 20-41% of splenic lesions. They are essentially blood clot masses and are benign (not [...]
