2016

  • Treating Your Cat's Hyperthyroidism With Radiation

    One of the treatment options your vet gave you to treat the tumor in your cat's thyroid gland is radiation. This is normally a one time treatment with few side effects. Your cat will live a normal life once the radiation has destroyed the thyroid tumor. Here is how this treatment works and what to expect when you get your feline companion home from the animal hospital. Radiation and Cancer Cells
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  • Diabetes And Your Pet

    Like humans, your pet can potentially get diabetes, whether it's a bird, dog, cat or horse. Pets can have two types of diabetes. Type one mostly strikes young animals and is rare among animals. Type two is mostly acquired around middle age or late in life. If you are concerned about whether your pet has diabetes, more information about the condition is listed below. Causes and symptoms: In mammals, diabetes is a condition where the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin to metabolize carbohydrates.
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