Have you noticed that your normally happy, healthy dog has started coughing constantly? A lot of things could be the cause of your dog's distress—some of them pretty harmless, others more serious. The ...

A word of warning: Don’t read this article on your lunch break unless you have a strong stomach. You see, heartworm lives up to its name—and then some. It’s a disease characterized by parasitic worms ...

Question: My 11-year-old dog has been coughing on and off for several months but it just got worse recently. He sometimes starts coughing at night and it wakes me up. He seems OK otherwise. Sam is a ...

In my many years of practicing veterinary medicine here in the Vail Valley, I have seen innumerable coughing dogs, during every season of the year from many different causes, and some more life ...

This content is provided by Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital. Parasitic worms that occasionally reside on the right side of the heart of pets, such as dogs, cats and ferrets, cause the serious and ...

Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in dogs has been reported in all U.S. states. The highest numbers are in the Southeast and Mississippi River Valley with infection rates in some areas as high ...

Thin, white heartworms look like cooked pieces of spaghetti. Male worms range in length from 4 to 6 inches, but females can grow as long as 12 inches. Heartworm disease is spread when a mosquito bites ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- The chances of dogs catching heartworm disease in Orange County are going up thanks to the Aedes aegypti mosquito, officials say. The pesky Aedes aegypti, more commonly ...

A will to live helped Ritz the dog overcome heartworm disease. Six months ago, Ritz was brought to the Gulf Coast Humane Society where veterinarians say she was on her death bed. “We thought she was ...