Iron plays a vital role in a large number of metabolic pathways in almost every living organism, and in animals either too much or too little iron can have dire consequences.
Most people know that wild animals can give rabies to people, but what they may not realize is that pets like cats, dogs and birds can pass diseases to people. That may sound scary, but prevention isn’t all that hard. Here’s what to know about keeping pets and people safe from each other.
Itching
can make pets absolutely miserable, but it is actually a sign of an underlying
problem. For example, if the pet has an allergy, exposure to the allergen
causes a series of events to happen within the animal’s body.
How
many times have you seen an animal in a movie or a television commercial and
thought, “My dog can do that. He would be a natural in front of the camera.”
What is a pipe dream for most pet
owners became a reality for Janice Norden and her 9-year-old mixed-breed dog,
Skeeter.
The once abused and abandoned puppy
is now a full-fledged celebrity, after landing a starring role in “Walk-Ins
Welcome,” an independent movie recently filmed in Colorado.