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: The patella, or kneecap, is a small bone buried in the tendon of the extensor muscles (the quadriceps muscles) of the thigh. The patella normally rides in a groove within the femur (thigh bone) in the knee. [...]
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: Osteoarthritis, abbreviated as OA, affects approximately 25% of dogs. These dogs experience either a loss of the cartilage that is found between joints or damage to this cartilage. Normally this cartilage protects the bones whilst movement or [...]
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: A Perianal Fistula is an infected track or tunnel between the deep tissue of the anal area and skin in dogs. The contusion may first emerge as small holes in the skin that ooze fluid, however the [...]
Overview: It is common for male cats to develop an obstruction in the urethra which is the tube that drains urine from the bladder through the penis. There are various causes fro the blockage and are often inflammatory material, [...]
Overview: A portosystemic shunt (PSS) is an abnormal connection between the portal vascular system and systemic circulation. Blood from the abdominal organs which should be drained by the portal vein into the liver is instead shunted to the [...]
