The largest organ in the abdomen, responsible for producing enzymes required for digestion of food, and bile that helps to digest fat. The liver also detoxifies the blood and may be damaged in the process.... ↪ Read more

Digestive enzyme, produced by the pancreas, which breaks down fat.... ↪ Read more

A condition in which the numbers of white blood cells in the blood are lower than normal. Low white blood cell count.... ↪ Read more

A dormant stage of disease; the patient is infected with an organism, but is not yet ill.... ↪ Read more

The worm-like offspring of an insect (plural larvae).... ↪ Read more

The lower part of the intestinal tract, usually made up of the colon, cecum and rectum. Bacteria that live harmlessly in the large intestine help to digest complex carbohydrates.... ↪ Read more

Producing milk. When a female cat is breast-feeding young offspring.... ↪ Read more

Vaccines which are made by taking the real, disease-causing viruses (or bacteria), killing them, and putting them into a liquid base. Compare with 'modified live vaccine' and 'recombinant vaccine'. A vaccine that contains antigen of the infectious agent that has been killed by chemical or physical... ↪ Read more

A life-threatenting condition in which ketones, which result from the breakdown of fat for energy, accumulate in the blood stream and the pH of the blood decreases.... ↪ Read more

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) is the technical term for a condition also known as 'dry eye'. It occurs because of inadequate tear production. Symptoms include a thick, yellowish discharge from the eye.... ↪ Read more

See Keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Dry eye.... ↪ Read more

The condition in which there is a build up of waste products in the body called bilirubin. Bilirubin is yellow in color, therefore an animal with jaundice will have yellow gums, skin (often seen on the inside flap of the ear), and a yellowish cast to the 'whites' of the eyes. It can occur if a large... ↪ Read more