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Dog's population in northeast India

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 Which states in India are without dogs?                Although all  the states of the country are with dog but in six states, the share of the pet dog population to dogs is close to 100% with hardly any stray dogs. Most of them are in north east region and include NAGALAND, MIZORAM, PONDICHERRY, MANIPUR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MEGHALAYA. Do dog meat consumed in India?                Consumption of dog meat is very rare in India with exception of some of the few tribal communities like Tibeto-Burman communities and in some states of northeast India like Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal pradesh, Manipur. Do killing of dog is banned in India?               Killing, poisoning, maiming, torturing an animal is a cognizable offence under section 428, 429 of ipc ( Indian Penal Code). The punishment for such an act is rigorous imprisonment of 2 years or fine or both. 

French bulldog

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 Name of the surya kumar yadav's dog is PABLO. It's a french bull dog.                   French bulldog resembles a bulldog of miniature size but with a long erect bat ears that are the breed's trademark characters. The head is large and square with heavy wrinkles rolled above the extremely short nose.                  French bulldogs won't bark much but their allertness makes them excellent watch dogs. They very well adapt to singles, couples and family and donot require a lot of outdoor exercise.                  Most common ailments for frenchies are chronic allergies, cleft palate, heart stroke, Intervertebral Disc disease, eye and ear infections.  Average cost of french bulldog in INDIA will be around 35000 - 45000 rupees.           

Liver dysfunction in dogs

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                    Liver is an important organ of the body and performs various functions, acts as reservoir ( glucose etc) and is capable of regenerating. It is the second largest organ in the dogs body next to skin. Due to its wonderful regenerating capacity makes it some protection against permanent damage.                    However liver is also susceptible to injury due to it's function as a metabolising, detoxifying and storing of various toxins.  Causes for liver dysfunction :                    Some of the factors making the dogs liver dysfunction are             Ageing            Genetic factors            Infections           Trauma            Medical side effects  ...

Kennel cough in dogs

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                      Kennel cough is an highly contagious respiratory disease in dogs. It is also known as Canine infectious traecheobronchitis. it is caused by number of bacterial and viral diseases. puppies and elder dogs are more prone to this disease. etiological factor :                      one of the most common cause for kennel cough in dogs are Bordetella bronchiseptica and so kennel cough is often called as bordetella. most of the dogs affected with this bacterial disease are immunodeficient due to some viral infections like CANINE ADENO VIRUS, CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS,CANINE HERPES VIRUS, REO VIRUS , PARA INFLUENZA. Route of transmission :                    Infection spread from one dog to other through airborne droplets, direct contact (touching nose ) ,contaminated surfaces also include water and food bowls. It resul...

Diabetes in dogs

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                          Diabetes mellitus in dogs is a condition in which  beta - cells of endocrine pancreas either stop producing insulin or producing in quantities not sufficient for body needs.                           It is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism due to relative or absolute insulin deficiency. Most of the condition occurs in middle aged dogs and especially females are more affected than male. Obese animals are more susceptible to diabetes than normal ones.                         Insulin resistance diabetes - in this condition pancreas are producing some insulin but the dog's body is not able to utilise insulin, as the cells are not responding to the insulins message, so glucose are not pulled into body cells from the blood which is a source of energy and is lost ...

Cataract in dog

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                            Cataract is one of the most common cause for vision loss in dogs and may also leads to permanent blindness. A cataract is an opacity of lens of dogs eye. If the cataract is small it won't obstruct the dog's vision too much, but cataract must be monitored because the thicker and denser they become, the more likely it will leads to blindness.                            In normal conditions light passes through the cornea and the lens to reach the back of the eye (retina). The lens is transparent in healthy dog  and is located behind the iris ( coloured part of eye ). In healthy lens it focuses light on to retina producing sharp image. In the condition of cataract, lens become opaque and interfere with passage of light. Causative factors :        Age factor ( old age)        Traum...

Otitis in dogs

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                 It is the most common disease symptom in dogs and involves infection of ears. Any infection to the tubular canal that carries sound to the ear drum is known as Ootitis externa. This condition occurs when the layer of  cells lining the ear canal get inflammed. It is very common in hairy breeds with hairy ears like cocker spaniels, poodles, sheep dogs etc. Etilogical factors :                   Parasites ( Demodicosis, otodectes, sarcoptes, ticks etc)                    Foreign objects                    Atopic dermatitis                    Adverse food reactions                    Neoplasia ( cancer growth)                   Auto -...