oxidative stress

How to take care of my pet with heart problems?

How to take care of my pet with heart problems?

Heart disease in dogs and cats. Heart conditions in pets occur more frequently the older the pet, especially from 5-7 years. One in ten furry dogs suffers from some type of cardiac pathology. Being valvular insufficiencies and dilated cardiomyopathies more frequent in canines (Keene et al., 2019); and the most frequent myocardial conditions in felines, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Kittleson & Côté, 2021). How do I know if my pet has heart disease? Pets with heart disease may exhibit one or more symptoms at the same time; tachypnea (rapid breathing), dyspnea (respiratory difficulty) due to pulmonary edema (accumulation of fluid…
Read More