FUNGAL EAR INFECTION - DOG

Fungal Ear Infections
Fungal ear infections in dogs are triggered by a fungus, which can often spread to other parts of the body, including the face and paws.
In the case of a yeast infection, which is among the most common types of fungal infection, the yeast is constantly present on the body. The dog's body typically keeps the yeast in-check, but moist conditions, can result in an overgrowth of the yeast – a yeast infection.
Fungal infections in dogs are often associated with discharge, redness, swelling, scaling, dryness, oozing and intense itching. When a dog scratches his ears, this not only spreads the infection, but the dog's nails can break the skin, resulting in a secondary bacterial infection affecting the dog's outer ear.

Yeast and other fungal infections have a tendency to spread to other body parts.
The most common treatment for a dog's fungal ear infection involves the use of ant-fungal drops or ointment, in conjunction with twice-daily cleanings of the dog's ears.

REASONS TO SPAY A FEMALE DOG

Why Female Dogs Should Be Spayed
1. Mammary Cancer
A female dog spayed before her first heat will have about zero chance of developing mammary cancer. After the first heat, this incidence climbs to 7% and after the second heat the risk is 25%. It is easy to see that an early spay can completely prevent what is frequently a very difficult and potentially fatal form of cancer.
Spaying removes both the uterine horns and both ovaries and is crucial in the prevention as well as the treatment of mammary cancer.

2. Simple Convenience
The female dog comes into heat every 6 months or so. There is a bloody vaginal discharge and attraction of local male dogs. Often there is an offensive odor. All of this disappears with spaying.
3. Pyometra
Pyometra is the life-threatening infection of the uterus, which generally occurs in middle-aged to older female dogs in the six weeks following heat. The uterus with pyometra swells and is filled with pus, bacteria, dying tissue, and toxins. Without treatment, the pet is expected to die. Despite her serious medical state, she must be spayed quickly if her life is to be saved.
This is an extremely common disease of older unspayed female dogs. Pyometra is not something that might happen; consider that it probably will happen. If you still decide against spaying, be very familiar with the signs of pyometra.

urinary calculi from dodo

dodo is a very pampered, 8 years old daschund male dog. he lives in one of the posh area of delhi. but the poor dog was having problem. he was not able to pass urine in a flow and was straining too much....we took the radiographs at our hospital and found there were stones in the urinary bladder.he was having too much trouble that it did not eat for two days. finally decision was taken to operate on him and all the calculi from urnary bladder and urethra were removed. these are like small beads. i will send them to diagnostic laboratory to find out the type of stone so that i can alter the dogs diet to control the stone formation in future..