The femur has a head that fits into the glenoid cavity of the pelvis. This femur head is maintained by way of a fibrous capsule all around the articulation joint by the muscles of the region (glutei, among others) and by a ligament called ligament of the head, which connects at the bottom of the joint cavity.
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GDV is an extremely serious condition and should be considered as a life-threatening emergency when it occurs. Knowing the symptoms can save the dog’s life. Due sometimes to unknown reasons, the stomach fills up with gas and/or fluid and dilates abnormally. The stomach can occupy nearly the entire abdomen, putting pressure on the other organs and diaphragm.
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First occurring in the United States and Australia in 1978, CPV is a severe viral affection. This virus from the parvoviridae family is highly infectious and resistant, and only affects canids, infecting their digestive system, causing vomiting and bloody diarrhoea, fever and dehydration. It can infect the lymphatic system, causing a failure of the immune system.
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Rabies virus, a lyssavirus, is present in the saliva of infected dogs in the final stage of the disease. Rabies affects dogs, wild animals and humans. However, it is not transmitted from human to human; infection primarily occurs via a bite wound, scratch or by licking damaged skin or mucous.
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This is one of the most common diseases in dogs, which still kills many dogs each year. It is caused by a one-celled parasite in the blood transmitted by a tick bite. The parasite destroys red blood cells, causing anaemia and liver and loin intoxication due to the accumulation of destroyed red blood cell waste.
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It is a zoonotic disease, which means that it can be transmitted from dog to human by cutaneous contact. This disease is worldwide. The infecting organism is the Leptospira interrogans. It mainly infects rodents, especially rats, which evacuate bacteria in their urine.
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Carre’s disease (or Canine Distemper) is caused by a paramyxovirus that is highly contagious and closely related to the measles virus, mainly affecting canids (dogs, foxes, etc.) and mustelids (ferrets, weasels, etc.). This virus (Canine Distemper Virus, CDV) is not resistant outdoors and spreads through contact with infected dogs or aerosol droplets, as all bodily secretions have viral particles.
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Leishmaniasis is a parasitic reticuloendotheliosis caused by a pathogenic agent, which is a protozoon in the genus Leishmania. It is transmitted by a bite of an insect that belongs to the Phlebotomus type. This pathogen infects macrophages or white blood cells of mammals, which means humans and dogs.
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