Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / July 2005

A friend's cat was recently diagnosed with Chylothorax. The doctors ran
some tests but can't find a cause. An ultrasound was done on the heart
and it looks healthy.
I understand that many cases of Chylothorax are idiopathic, but it

I have a 13 Y.O. chow mix, and a recent dx of Cushing's per vet.
TX includes Lysodrene & Prednisone. I just read an informative
article---http://www.kateconnick.com/library/cushingsdisease.html
& am just wondering if there's any more info or tips out there----

According to an article in the current issue of Cat Fancy magazine which I
just received Hartz announced in June that it will discontinue its Advanced
Care topical cat products because of adverse reactions reported by cat owners
using the product line. By March 31, 2006 the Hartz ...

What kind of time frame will the thyroid meds I'm giving my cat begin to
work.  Ballpark figure will do...........thanx in advance...

We recently learned that Max, our 3 year old Golden Retriever stud dog
has a slight heart murmur. No problems were detected at any earlier vet
visits. We have had Max examined by two vets with differing results.
One claims that Max has a murmur rated at about 3.5 on a scale of 1-6,

My sister has just taken in a stray (we call him orangy) that had his first
known rabies shot 2 to 3 weeks ago. She also has a lifelong pet cat named
amus that had some of his normal expected shots at that time as well. The
nurse that handles my sisters cats told my sister over the ...

Koko was seen by the reg vet on tuesday ( monday they were full)
they are totally stumped by potential herpes virus, recommended
opthamologist....
$30 for office visit......

The USDA announced today that it issued a license for a vaccine to
protect horses from viremia caused by the West Nile virus.
A link to the press release is available on the UF/IFAS Pest Alert site.
The UF/IFAS Pest Alert WWW site is available at

I took in a stray cat two weeks ago which at first glance looked like
it had an URI - green/yellow excretions running out of the nose and
eye. Upon closer examinatation, she had a large absess over her left
eye, which was draining through the sinuses, and her skull feels

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Regards