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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25/08/15
Dr. Jean Dodds Sheds More Light On Canine Thyroid Disease
California 2015 – Dr. Jean Dodds sheds more light on canine thyroid disease in an interview from her book The canine thyroid epidemic published in 2011 by Dogwise on how trainers veterinarians and dog owners can understand the disease better. She explains in her book how dog owners and trainers can get around the complexity of thyroid glands for better care of their dogs.
Dr. Dodds has a veterinary degree which she received in 1964 from Ontario Veterinary College. Later in New York she did some studies on non-invasive studies on inherited bleeding diseases before moving to California to start a non-profit national animal blood bank Hemopet. Hemopet aims at providing blood bank supplies and components to canines. She has also recently co-authored a new book canine Nutrigenomics published by Dogwise. She therefore has a great knowledge and understanding of dog health and the issues of thyroid disease among dogs.
In her interview she explains where she got her inspiration from in writing the book about canine thyroid disease. She owes it all to her years of researching and studying the immunologic and hematologic diseases of animals. This prompted her to have a keen interest in the entire body of animals and what regulated it. As a result the pituitary-thyroid axis became her major focus. She continues to highlight the symptoms dog owners should look out for in terms of thyroid disease. Some of the symptoms include a lazy dog overweight poor skin coat and chronic skin disease.
More dog owners are becoming aware of the thyroid disease as there is increased awareness of the same. However there are numerous causes of the canine thyroid disease which can contribute to its spread. These causes include inbreeding line breeding and cross-breeding with dogs that are historically known to be at a risk of thyroid diseases. Also pollution of the environment use of pesticides over vaccination and depletion of the ozone layer are presumed to be some of the causes of the disease.
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