Blog: Pet Nutrition & Wellness

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By Products in Pet Food

As with our own diets, pet owners are faced with diverse and often conflicting opinions about pet food.   It can often be challenging to wade through the varying choices and marketing strategies to find valid, unbiased information to make an informed decision.  There are too many aspects of pet nutrition...

tylenol dangerous to pets

Common Drugs Dangerous to Pets

Acetaminophen can be Toxic for your Pets! Many pet owners assume dogs and cats are just small humans and give them medications and foods commonly used for people.  Keep in mind each species has very specific requirements for medications and drug doses.  For example Acetaminophen (or paracetamol) is one of...

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Pancreatitis in Dogs and Cats

The pancreas is the organ that produces insulin and digestive enzymes. If the pancreas become inflamed a condition called pancreatitis develops. As a result the digestive enzymes which would normally enter the digestive system and help digest food will start leaking out of the pancreas into the abdomen. There they...

Toxoplasmosis

What is the Toxoplasmosis? Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite. It is one of the most common parasitic diseases and is known to affect nearly all warm-blooded animals and humans, but cats aren’t the only animals who can transmit it, they’re just the only species to...