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Health

Monitoring Your Cat’s Heart

February 15, 2016

The risk factors for heart disease in cats include family history (genetics are huge here, and the reason that we see certain conditions recur in certain breeds) and age (risk does increase with age, although some cats are born with a congenital condition). Unlike humans, obesity or being overweight doesn’t increase the risk of heart […]

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Health

Monitoring Your Dog’s Heart

February 9, 2016

Heart disease is very different in dogs than it is in humans, and dogs are rarely reported to have the main type of heart attacks that humans do. The main risk factors for heart disease in dogs, are family history (genetics are huge here, and the reason that we see certain conditions recur in certain […]