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Male dog fertility has drastically decreased over the past 26 years, a University of Nottingham study finds[ref]Lea, R., Byers, A., Sumner, R., Rhind, S., Zhang, Z., Freeman, S., Moxon, R., Richardson, H., Green, M., Craigon, J. and England, G. (2016). Environmental chemicals impact dog semen quality in vitro and may be associated with a temporal decline in sperm motility and increased …

The amount of cats that have been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in the last three decades has increased, and surprisingly fish flavoured cat food could be the culprit. Hyperthyroidism is a condition that occurs when the thyroid gland produces an excess of hormones. Excessive amounts of these thyroid hormones can cause thyrotoxicosis. It has previously been thought that cats being exposed to flame …