CHEVALIER Jackson, 1 in 1937, made the following comment: "Untold thousands of infants have asphyxiated because of bilateral abductor paralysis — the cyanosis being attributed to a persistent foramen ...

Question: I have a 13-year-old Labrador retriever that has been having a hard time breathing. He sounds like a freight train when he breaths. It has gotten worse as he has gotten older. He seems to be ...

Partial paralysis of the larynx prevents maximal opening of the equine trachea. Affected horses can move air, but breathing noises occur, especially during exercise. The most common form of laryngeal ...

Last fall, Dr. Steve Sundholm noticed that his typically active Vizsla (a Hungarian pointer), Tanner, was making strange grunting sounds. He ran a little slower and seemed more tired out when he ...

Researchers have found a way to stimulate the larynx muscles of mice using light. In the long term, this method could be an option for the treatment of laryngeal paralysis, which causes difficulties ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Tim and Bentley like to use this segment to shed light on health issues that may affect our beloved pets. Here they dive into a topic that you may have heard happening with your own ...

Laryngeal paralysis is a serious and sometimes deadly disease in some dog breeds that prevents proper opening of the larynx for breathing. Specialists in canine head and neck surgery and geneticists ...

QUESTION: I have a 13-year-old Labrador retriever that has been having a hard time breathing. He sounds like a freight train when he breathes. It has gotten worse as he has gotten older. He seems to ...

Muscles engineered to be photosensitive could lead to treatments for paralysis. Scientists have genetically engineered muscles to move in response to pulses of light. The technique, demonstrated on ...

DEAR READERS: I have raised the issue of using remote-controlled, bark-activated or fence-line triggering shock collars on dogs, voicing my disapproval of such devices — with rare exceptions, such as ...

Laryngeal paralysis is a serious and sometimes deadly disease in some dog breeds that prevents proper opening of the larynx for breathing. In a new study published 24th October in PLOS Genetics, a ...