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In addition to removing soluble waste products from the body, the kidneys help to regulate water balance and also produce erythropoietin, a hormone which controls red blood cell production in the bone marrow. With kidney disease erythropoietin production is often decreased which can result in chronic anaemia.
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This term indicates there is a decrease in the number of circulating blood platelets thus impairing blood clotting.
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Your dog is described as being lame if he is incapable of normal movement. The commonest causes are pain in the joint, its supporting structure or instability in the joint.
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Laryngeal paralysis is probably more common than generally recognised. It affects middle aged and older dogs, usually of medium and large size.
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The lens is the transparent structure within the eye which assists focusing. In some dogs, particularly the terrier breeds, the ligaments can break down allowing the lens to dislocate from its normal position.
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Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease of dogs that can affect the blood, liver, or kidneys. It is caused by bacteria that are spiral shaped.
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Icterus is the accumulation of yellow pigment in the blood and tissues. It is one of the most dramatic features of liver disease and is clinically recognised as jaundice.
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Cancers of the liver cells are called hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas.
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The liver has a massive blood supply so many cancer cells from elsewhere arrive within it and start to grow. In dogs metastatic tumours are three times as common as primary tumours and over 30% of malignant cancer is said to metastasize to the liver.
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Most lung cancers originate from the epithelium lining the airways. In dogs, most are from the alveoli where oxygen is taken up into the body but in people and in cats, most originate in the main airways (bronchi).
