Pet Health Research

When a 3 mm Gum Lesion Hides Behind a Bigger Problem: Lessons for Pet Dental Health A 62-year-old woman in China had a painless lump in her neck

A 52-Fold Risk: Researchers Pinpoint Gene Combination Behind Cavalier Heart Disease Cavalier King Charles Spaniels carrying two specific gene variants f…

Dog Owners Walk 22 More Minutes a Day — Controlled Evidence on Dogs as Exercise Machines Dog acquisition increased recreational walking by roughly 22 mi…

A Spore-Forming Probiotic Made Dogs’ Stools Firmer — With No Digestive Downsides Twelve healthy English Pointers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Ch…

Urinary Catheters Drive Infection — and Cats Face a Similar Logic When Spanish intensive care units tracked 187,100 patients over a decade, they found t…

Most dogs and cats show signs of periodontal disease by age three, according to the 2019 AAHA Dental Care Guidelines published in the Journal of the Ame…

When Breed Meets Biology: How Genetics Shapes Dog Health Beyond the Obvious A single gene locus — CDKN2A/B — can multiply a Leonberger’s risk of osteosa…

Tracking Together: Dog Walking Doubles as a Fitness Program for Two Species Walk a dog regularly and you are more likely to hit the moderate-intensity p…

Twelve Weeks of Treadmill Intervals Made Dogs’ Leg Bones Measurably Denser Twice-weekly interval treadmill training for 12 weeks increased femoral bone …

Flat Faces, Folded Skin: Why Breed Shape Predicts Skin Disease English bulldogs and pugs turn up in veterinary dermatology clinics at rates far out of p…