Author: Dr. Erik Johnson

Dr Erik Johnson is a Marietta, Georgia Veterinarian with a practice in small animal medicine. He graduated from University of Georgia with his Doctorate in 1991. Dr Johnson is the author of several texts on Koi and Pond Fish Health and Disease as well as numerous articles on dog and cat health topics.
Dude Key the Cat
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Mar
2018

Ringworm in Cats: Fungal Infections Among Felines

Cat Feline Ringworm Dermatophytosis Ringworm is very rare, and more commonly found in homes with many cats…

FIV is not preventable with vaccine and so cats with that virus become carriers and essentially kill any cat they scratch.
27
Mar
2018

New Kitten Care and Highlights

New Kitten Care and Highlights A new kitten may be about the cutest thing. They’re cute, usually…

Routine allergies that cause scratching are the most common, and the most inexpensive problems to treat in the cat.
27
Mar
2018

Cats With Itchy Skin – Feline Pruritis

Cats with Itchy skin – Feline Pruritis Most everyone has a cat that scratches now and then….

Cat in the litter pan having trouble going to the bathroom.
27
Mar
2018

Feline Urological Syndrom IAE

Feline Urological Syndrom IAE Stopping behavioral disorders which result in cats peeing outside the litter box is…

The canine Parvo virus causes inflammation of the stomach and intestine in dogs. The disease can be mild to severe depending on the strain of Parvovirus infecting the dog,
27
Mar
2018

Parvo Virus in Puppies : Symptoms and Management

Parvo Virus! The canine Parvo virus causes inflammation of the stomach and intestine in dogs. The disease…

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Mar
2018

Parvo Virus in Puppies and Treating Parvo Out Patient Style

When a dog gets a viral enteritis like Parvo, it can lose alot of fluids from vomiting…

Dogs carrying ticks should be immunized to avoid that chance that they will have the debilitating immune response to the disease.
26
Mar
2018

Canine Lyme’s Disease, Tick Borne Disease of Dogs: Lyme

Lyme’s Disease In 2000 they did a study in Georgia and the DNR found that only one…

Mosquitoes are the vector from dog to dog of the heartworm disease organisms.
26
Mar
2018

Heartworm Disease in Dogs, Preventing Heartworms in Dogs

One of the more common deadly diseases of dogs is heartworm disease, which can be prevented. Heartworm…

Dog, rotting teeth hurt
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Mar
2018

Rotten Teeth in Old Dogs, Perhaps the Best Reason to Die For Old Timers

ROTTEN TEETH 1. Stink – To you, and even more so, to your dog. 2. Taste Bad…

I've looked at some of the "research" on the three year cycle of vaccinations, and it makes really broad assumptions about the immune status of EVERY animal falling under the protocol.
26
Mar
2018

Lantus / Glargine in Cats with Diabetes

INFORMATION ON USE OF GLARGINE IN DIABETIC CATS Using Glargine In Diabetic Cats (June 2006) Rhett Marshall…

GIARDIA IS COMMON NOT ALL DOGS WITH GIARDIA HAVE DIARRHEA PEOPLE CAN GET GIARDIA NOT ALL PEOPLE WITH GIARDIA HAVE DIARRHEA DIARRHEA IS NOT THE ONLY SYMPTOM OF GIARDIASIS
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Mar
2018

Giardia in Dogs, Cats: Infectiousness, Immunity

Giardia notes taken from the Interwebs. Seldom more than 20 % of dogs in any given random…