Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / September 2008

Been reading my physiology text, and a thought occured to me...
It is mentioned that platelets will endocytose albumin during their
maturation.
I'm also recalling some blood work we did on my dog (4 year old lab), who is

I had my puppy boarded at the vet, they had to give him his rabies,
bordatella and distemper shot. He is 4 months. He has a bump where
they gave him a shot, and little allergy hives on his belly but
they’re not too bad, he does itch them though. We went back to the vet

My 9 yr old DSH cat is constantly defecating outside of the
litterbox.  It used to be every once in a while (starting several
years ago) but for the last 6 months or so he never uses the litterbox
for defecation.  I have 4 litterboxes (spread out on the different

Anyone here tell me anything about the use of carboplatin for treatment
of inoperable cancers? Can the average vet use this for treatment?

I have a question regarding immunization for cats and hopefully
someone can help me out with the answer here.
I recently thook a stray adult male in that people left behind when
they moved (to where-ever) to be nuetered.  While there I had them

anyone know of any good vitamins for older cats to help their hips and
joints? I have some organic hip/joint treats here but would like to
know if anyone had any good results? Sorry I am no expert with this
but have heard feeding them glucosamine hip.joint treats can help them