Archive for 'Oncology'

May201218

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Second-Hand Smoke Is Bad For Your Pets, Too

You know the dangers of smoking, chewing tobacco and dipping snuff. Did you know that tobacco is dangerous for your pet, too? The damage that second-hand smoke does to both pets and people is well-documented. Cats subjected to second-hand cigarette smoke are more than twice as likely to develop a cancer of the white blood [...]

Mar201003

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Mast Cell Tumor In Dogs And Cats

“Michelle” writes to us with a question about her dog: “My 9 year old Shih Tzu is prone to sebaceous cysts. He had one on his shoulder for a few months. It burst and I cleaned it up with Geri stat soap. I squeezed out some whitish fluid but it was not as easily cleaned [...]