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  • The prostate (commonly mispronounced as "prostrate") is a gland located near the neck of the urinary bladder of male dogs.

  • Pruritus means itching. It is common in many types of skin disorder especially allergic inflammation and parasitic infections.

  • In its simplest terms, pyometra is an infection in the uterus. However, most cases of pyometra are much more difficult to manage than a routine infection.

  • There are few of us today unaware of the advantages of radiography. However, radiography in the dog tends to be a little more complicated.

  • Ringworm is a skin disease caused by a fungus. Because the lesions are often circular, it was once thought to be caused by a worm curling up in the tissue. However, the condition has nothing to do with a worm.

  • Roundworms, nematodes or ascarid worms are intestinal parasites that live freely in the intestine, obtaining their nutriment from the partially digested intestinal contents.

  • The diaphragm is the muscular partition which separates the abdomen from the chest. Tearing or disruption of this partition is called a diaphragmatic rupture.

  • Salivary cancers are almost invariably malignant tumours originating from the secretory cells of the glands. Other swellings or tumours of salivary glands may be due to infections and cysts.

  • The sarcoptic mite is responsible for canine scabies (sarcoptic mange). It lives just under the skin.

  • This tumour is a disordered and purposeless overgrowth of sebaceous gland cells. These glands are attached to the hair follicles where their function is to lubricate the hairs and skin.