An animal whose natural diet includes meat.... ↪ Read more

Diseases of the heart muscle; does not include diseases of the valves of the heart or congenital defects. A disease of the heart muscle. Weak heart muscle cannot pump blood normally.... ↪ Read more

A substance which causes cancer.... ↪ Read more

Compounds made up of chains of sugar units. Simple carbohydrates include table sugar (sucrose), milk sugar (lactose), and fruit sugar (fructose). Complex carbohydrates are very long chains held together by bonds that may not be digestible in the stomach and intestine of a carnivore. Starch is a... ↪ Read more

A certain genus of yeast which can cause disease in humans and animals; an infection with Candida is called candidiasis.... ↪ Read more

The unit of measurement of energy derived from digested food. Fat contains about twice as many calories per gram as protein or carbohydrate.... ↪ Read more

The hardening of tissue through the influx of calcium, usually as a result of chronic inflammation.... ↪ Read more

Extreme weight loss. Very thin, a synonym for emaciation.... ↪ Read more

Short for 'blood urea nitrogen', a blood test that estimates kidney funtion.... ↪ Read more

Condition in which the muscles surrounding the air passages to the lungs contract, narrowing the passages.... ↪ Read more

Medication which opens up the main air passages to the lungs.... ↪ Read more

The small airways in the lung that come off of the larger bronchus; bronchioles are 1 mm or less in diameter.... ↪ Read more