Types of breathing

An anxious female dog (she has been spayed) waits in hope at the GSPCA that someone will come forward and offer her a good home.

Continued from last week

Before we continue, as promised, with the discussion on different types of breathing, allow me to mention a few more conditions (see last week’s TPC) which can contribute to respiratory diseases.

Overcrowding, often associated with poor hygienic conditions, and resultant stress increase both the possibility of infection and the severity of disease signs.  Such conditions that favour the spread of infections