| As a dog owner, there are a variety of | | | | sugars, proteins, and waste can be the indicator |
| sicknesses that you will have to worry about | | | | of infections in certain parts of the body including |
| dealing with during their lifetime. There are a lot of | | | | the kidneys; many times a catheter must be |
| different things you will have to worry about, | | | | used to extract the urine directly from your pet's |
| from viral infections to metabolic infections to | | | | bladder as they want a fresh sample, untouched |
| other things. Diagnosing illness in your dog | | | | by anything else. |
| correctly can be the difference between life and | | | | In addition to urine analysis, fecal analysis is |
| death for your pet, and there are a variety of | | | | another reliable way of detecting illnesses and |
| ways physicians go about diagnosing illness in your | | | | parasites in your dog's system. Hook worms, tape |
| dog. | | | | worms, and other things are able to be detected |
| Blood tests are the way that veterinarians usually | | | | through close inspection of your pet's waste |
| diagnose health problems in your dog. Distemper, | | | | matter. In addition, any problems that affect the |
| hepatitis, herpes, and heartworm are all health | | | | proper digestion of your pet's food are able to be |
| issues that your dog can be afflicted with that | | | | detected through inspection of fecal matter. |
| can be diagnosed through the use of blood tests. | | | | Urine and fecal analysis are the most commonly |
| Whether you are looking for a parasite or | | | | used methods of diagnosing illness in pets, both |
| evidence of a parasite, it is possible to detect dog | | | | cats and dogs. They are needed to properly and |
| illnesses through inspection of a dog's blood | | | | accurately diagnose illness in dogs, and they are |
| content. | | | | not cheap by any means. However, there are |
| Examining the urine of a potentially sick dog is also | | | | few other reliable ways to diagnose illness in dogs |
| an effective way to diagnose illness in your dog. | | | | with any certainty. Otherwise, medications will be |
| There are a whole host of diseases that can be | | | | given out on what a veterinarian may believe to |
| diagnosed through checking out the dog's urine | | | | be true and their beliefs will not always be the |
| and many times this is a procedure that can be | | | | case. Prescribing unnecessary medications can |
| completed right on the same site as your | | | | hurt your dog, so to eliminate this problem you |
| veterinarian. Presence or absence of certain | | | | should be sure to order the proper tests. |