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Please implement disease preventative measures (vaccinations, routine dewormings, monthly anti-heartworm medication, etc) and adopt-a-pet from the GSPCA’s Animal Clinic and Shelter at Robb Street and Orange Walk, if you have the wherewithal to care well for the animals.  Do not stray your unwanted pets, take them to the GSPCA’s Clinic and Shelter instead. If you do not wish your pet to have puppies or kittens, you may exploit the GSPCA’s free spay and neutering programme. If you see anyone being cruel to an animal, or if you need any technical information, please get in touch with the Clinic and Shelter by calling 226-4237.

The nervous system

Head injuries Last week we commenced with a new chapter in the ailments that could afflict your companion animals. 

Waiting patiently for a new home: This female dog has been spayed.

Heart-worm control

Well, we have surely exhausted this topic – and perhaps even supersaturated you with facts about Canine Heart-worm Disease.

This curious female dog is looking for a home. She has been spayed.

Canine heartworm – Continued

Destruction of the  immature stages Last week, we concluded the article by saying that even after the adult heartworms in the right heart chambers (and elsewhere) have been killed by the series of arsenic injections, the problem is not over. The

Heartworm

Continued form last week Well, let’s see what we have learned about that rapidly spreading scourge of heartworm.

Heartworm

(Continued from last week) Last week, we documented that the heartworms live mostly in the right side heart chambers.

Two female dogs (they have been spayed) look expectantly into the camera in the hope that an animal-lover will adopt them.

Ailments of the heart

Continued from last week Last week, I had promised to commence a new theme today, since we had exhausted the topic of maladies associated with the heart and circulatory system.

This is intelligent-looking female dog (she has been spayed) is waiting for someone with a kind heart to come down to the GSPCA and adopt her.

Ailments of the heart

Continued from last week Right-sided (congestive) heart failure Last week, we discussed the left-sided congestive heart failure, which was the result primarily of the inability of the left ventricle (lower chamber) to function properly.

Heart failure

Last week, we defined heart failure as an inability of the heart to provide (by pumping) adequate circulation to meet the needs of the cells, tissues and organs of the body.

A plaintive look from a sweet dog at the GSPCA hoping some kindly soul will adopt her (She has been spayed.)

Ailments of the blood circulatory system

General comments As we introduced this new topic last week, we mentioned that the blood circulatory system comprises the blood itself (red cells, white cells, platelets, liquid plasma, dissolved nutrients, waste products), the heart, which pumps the blood throughout the body, and the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries) through which the blood flows.

Coughing

Coughing is a reflex action which is initiated by an irritant in the air passages.

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