Announced today over at Medical News Today, Vetericyn Inc. launched a New wound and infection product. According to their website:
When your dog has an open wound or infection, Vetericyn should be the product of choice because it is easy to apply into the affected area to treat infection while accelerating healing. Vetericyn works quickly to treat the infections or open wounds. In addition, it is safe as water so it will not harm your dog or the environment. Dogs typically lick their injury so any treatments applied should be non-toxic. Vetericyn is non-toxic so it will not cause injury if it happens to be ingested or licked after application. This is possible because Vetericyn works in the same way as your dog’s immune system. As such, the body recognizes it as a friendly infection-treating ally. Vetericyn also creates an optimal environment for healing.
Wounds treated with Vetericyn have demonstrated a reduction in healing time by up to 60%. Vetericyn significantly increases the oxygen content at the wound site within 30 seconds and maintains that oxygen level for up to 36 hours. This increase in oxygen along with the reduction of infection is responsible for these accelerated healing times. As a one-step cleanser and dressing, it eliminates the need for multiple products while reducing the application time and requirements.
Since it is “no-rinse”, it leaves no film or residue to clean off. And unlike traditional antiseptics and topical antibiotics it does not damage healthy tissue. Finally, it is compatible with most gauzes and acrylics and can be used prior to application of other treatments.
Indications:
Hot spots
Eye infections
Skin irritations
Rashes
Cuts and scratches
Outer ear infections
The Website also includes a number of testimonials and detailed product information. According to Medical News Today, Vetericyn “works naturally with the animal’s immune system to kill bacteria (including staph and drug-resistant MRSA), viruses, fungi and spores”. Since Neo’s are frequently bothered by staph infections in their dewlap and feet this new product may be beneficial.
Hopefully you don’t have to use it but if you do we’d love to hear a review.
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A new website delivers pure, organic products to help you prepare a diet that is natural and wholesome for your dog. Pure Dog Chow based in Washington is now shipping organic salmon oil, cod liver oil, kelp, kefir grains and more!
They also have a delicious line of organic, fresh, wholesome dog treats !
Take a moment and visit puredogchow.com and support a family owned business and provide your dog with some wholesome nutrition at the same time!
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What is Green Tripe ? Well, Green refers not to the color but signifies that the product has not been cooked or modified in any way and Tripe is the stomach of ruminating animals.
Green Tripe can be fed as a stand alone or added to your dogs diet. Tripe is loaded with digestive enzymes that help dogs to better utilize their food.
Green Tripe is best when it is fresh and raw, GreenTripe.com offers a great assortment of prepackaged green tripe sourced from USDA approved grass fed, organic raised cattle.
If you can’t stomach (no pun intended) feeding pure raw, Solid Gold makes a nice canned Tripe product called Green Cow.
Happy Feeding !
Tripe Analysis*
A sample of green tripe was analyzed by Woodson-Tenent Laboratories, Inc. in Gainesville, Georgia. The results for sample #G97-16346 are as follows:
Moisture 71.37%
Crude Fat 11.70%
Protein 15.82%
Ash 1.23%
Phosphorous 0.14%
Calcium 0.12%
Calories 756.35 cal/lb.
pH 6.12
Lactic Acid Bacteria 12,000 CFU/G
Linoleic Acid (EFA) 2.72%
Linolenic Acid (EFA) 0.37%
In an analysis of a sample of green tripe by a Woodson-Tenant Lab in Atlanta, Georgia, it was discovered that the calcium:phosphorous ratio is 1:1, the overall pH is on the acidic side which is better for digestion, protein is 15.1, fat 11.7 and it contained the essential fatty acids, Linoleic and Linolenic, in their recommended proportions. Also discovered, was the presence of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Lactic Acid Bacteria, also known as Lactobacillus Acidophilus, is the good intestinal bacteria.
Resources
*Tripe Analysis from True Carnivores.com
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Many dog owners are already aware of the dangers of the sugar substitute Xylitol, however manufacturers of all kinds of products are switching to this substitute and NOT placing warning labels on their products to advise us of the change.
Most disappointing to me is the recent change made by the makers of Rescue Remedy, they have added Xylitol to their Rescue Pastilles ;(
I have been a Bach Rescue Remedy fan for many years now and have used the product and recommended the product to many other fellow pet owners.
If you suspect your dog has ingested a product containing Xylitol, keep the packaging and call your veterinarian immediately. Xylitol causes your dogs blood sugar to drop and can lead to severe liver damage and death.
Learn More about Xylitol dangers:
Remember READ LABELS !!!!
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NeapolitanWorld has launched the re-publication of A.T.I.MA.NA. 2001 Leishmaniasis of the Neapolitan Mastiff, a disease first traced back as early as 1885, and making a devastating impact on the Neapolitan Mastiff since the 1990’s, and in the years of 2000 to 2006 ending the life of many important Mastini in the breed, to mention one name Bobo Dello Stradone Vesuviano, owner Salvatore Scherma.
Bobo Dello Stradone Vesuviano
Besides the clinical condition and the suffering of our breed, it has likely played a vital yet negative role by adding fuel to the fire for those whom already dislike and disapprove and are critics of our breed. To further explain this point, US and other countries have over the past decade dramatically increased the number of imports from Italy, a hot bed of the disease, yet Leishamiasis testing previous to 2008 has been nonexistent despite common Leishmaniasis symptoms in the overall population, which means that many conditions that could have been from a result of a parasite, were instead blamed on genetic problems and extreme breeding. It has recently became popular to trash the Neapolitan Mastiff, as a monster, a type of
Frankenstein
created by bad breeders, even within our own community as was the case of a USNMC Board of Director publicly trashing Bobo Dello Stradone Vesuviano for being a bad example, and a dog with “raging demodex”, despite common knowledge this particular dog suffered and died from Leishmaniasis, instead he was labeled another monster another Frankenstein by the critics of the breed. I believe it is time to turn the page on those days and that wrongly placed hate and critique, with more knowledge of owners on symptoms, free testing, and continued research perhaps this disease will soon be a problem of the past.
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With great pleasure we are excited to share A.T.I.Ma.Na. second installment publication of 2002, Neapolitan Mastiff selection: inbreeding and fertility analysis. Our Editors Team is currently working on bringing you more studies in the near future.
A special thank you to the President of this Neapolitan Mastiff organization Giuseppe Alessandra for allowing NeapolitanWorld to publish it’s studies.
I believe that our members and breed fanciers will not only find this study interesting, bur rather alarming, with the fast majority of our community likely reading this study for the first time. The study shows our breed going in a downward spiral which it has yet to recover in health related problems as a result of excessive inbreeding. The conclusion, is clear and gives a direct warning in 2002 against to much inbreeding, six years later, it seams the warning has hardly been heard.
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Health of the Neapolitan Mastiff | Team Member | 
July 14, 2009 10:27 am | 
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