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Article: WEEKEND: YOUR PETS: Why has my setter got a drink problem?(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2003
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Byline: with PDSA vet Elaine Pendlebury
QI HAVE a male Irish Setter, aged nine years old, who has developed itchy patches on his legs and nose. He is also drinking a lot more and is urinating for England. I am worried it could be Cushing's disease.
AYOUR vet can find out all the factors affecting your dog and take these into account when making a diagnosis.
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