Infectious Diseases (Subscribe)
Links
Canine Distemper
http://www.marvistavet.net/html/body_canine_distemper.html
Provides information on this disease, the symptoms, the virus itself, transmission and infection, treatment and prevention.
Canine Distemper
http://www.2ndchance.info/dog%20distemper.htm
Article by Ron Hines, DVM PhD on this disease, its causal agent, hosts, symptoms, immunity, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Canine Distemper Virus: Distemper in Dogs
http://pet-diseases.suite101.com/article.cfm/canine_distemper_virus
Article by Elizabeth Skoglund on this devastating and highly fatal disease which is easily preventable by vaccination.
Canine Infectious Diseases
http://mypoodles.com/infectious-disease.html
Summary information on infectious diseases common in dogs.
Canine Leptospirosis
http://www.marvistavet.net/html/body_canineleptospirosis.html
Provides information on this disease, the causal agent, Leptospira interrogans, its diagnosis and treatment.
Canine Parvovirus
http://www.marvistavet.net/html/canine_parvovirus.html
Provides information on the virus that causes this infection, how it is acquired, the physical illness, its treatment, diagnosis, care of the sick dog and prevention.
Dog Parasites: Giardia, Giardiasis
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dgiardia.html
A veterinarian describes the infection, also known as beaver fever, and how it can be treated and controlled.
Infectious Diseases by Organ System
http://www.ivis.org/special_books/carter/carter3/chapter.asp?LA=1
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS): A list of infectious diseases by canine organ system.
Kennel Cough: Tracheobronchitis
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dkcough.html
Provides information in question and answer format on this respiratory disease of dogs, supplied by Dr Mike Richards, DVM.
Lyme Disease
http://www.marvistavet.net/html/body_lyme_disease.html
Provides information on the course of this disease in dogs, the tick vector and its control, prevention of the disease and the detection of the causal agent, the spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Vitamin C in Treatment of Canine and Feline Distemper Complex
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/VitaminC.pdf
Article by Dr. Wendell Belfield, DVM on his success in treating this condition with intravenous injections of ascorbic acid.


