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Kidney tumours are rare in dogs and cats. When they do occur, they are almost invariably malignant (invasive and spreading) and called renal carcinoma.
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Urticaria is an allergic phenomenon. Food, drugs, vaccines and particularly insect bites and stings can be responsible.
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Uveitis is inflammation within the eye. It has a variety of synonyms.
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One of our greatest frustrations occurs when a dog develops a disease against which it has been vaccinated. There are five possible reasons for this.
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This is a tumour of the blood vessels of the skin or subcutaneous tissue. Some are benign (haemangioma) but a few are malignant (haemangiosarcoma).
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These are tumours of the blood vessels. Some are benign (haemangioma) but most are malignant (haemangiosarcoma).
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Vestibular syndrome, or old dog (geriatric) vestibular disease, is often incorrectly termed a "stroke". The characteristic signs are loss of balance, leaning to one side, head tilt and rapid eye movements (nystagmus), sometimes the loss of balance is so severe the dog rolls over and over.
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Vomiting is not a disease but a symptom of many different diseases. Many cases of vomiting are self-limiting after a few days.
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von Willebrand's disease (vWD) is the most common inherited bleeding disorder of both man and animals. It is caused by a deficiency in the amount of a protein needed to help platelets (a blood cell used in clotting) seal broken blood vessels.
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Von Willebrands (VWD) disease is a very common inherited bleeding disorder affecting man and animals. It is due to a deficiency of a special protein known as VWD factor antigen.