An animal that has been housed and fed by man for generations and has little fear of man as a result. Some domestic animals learn to depend on human provision so completely that they have little ability to survive if returned to a natural habitat....
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Agent which increases the secretion of urine, ridding the body of excess fluid....
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A viral disease that caused a severe and often fatal systemic illness in dogs and their close relatives. Distemper is also fatal in animals such as raccoons, and mustelids including skunks, mink and ferrets....
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A heart condition in which the heart enlarges but the heart muscle becomes thinner....
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Class of drugs including digitoxin and digoxin, which are drugs derived from the Digitalis purpurea plant, and used in the treatment of congestive heart failure....
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Expressed as a percent, is a measure of the content of food that is retained in the body after food is eaten. The difference between the weight of food eaten and the weight of stool produced, divided by the weight of the food. A measure of the extent a feed or nutrient is digested; usually expressed...
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Eating what one shouldn't. Dogs with dietary indiscretion eat garbage, dead fish on shore, etc....
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The stage of the estrus cycle which occurs after the animal goes out of heat....
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A metabolic disease caused by failure of the pancreas to produce insulin, a hormone that allows blood sugar (glucose) to be taken up by cells that require it for function....
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The removal of the anal sacs of a carnivore to prevent the animal from releasing the very strong-smelling secretion....
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Fungus that causes ringworm; include Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophtyon....
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An inflammation of the skin. Inflammation of the skin....
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