Focus on Disease

These disease summaries are written by key opinion leaders and provide an overview of a range of diseases affecting companion animals.

Discover research at Liverpool:

a tick on a leaf

Canine Babesiosis

Read the latest information on Babesiosis in dogs.

Blue flea comb being used on a white dog's leg to identify fleas

Update on fleas

Read the latest information on fleas here

Grey and white cat in open cat basket on examination table looking out

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

Read the latest information on Feline Immunodeficiency Virus here.

Ginger cat laying down with stethoscope held on chest

Feline Leukaemia Virus

Read the latest information on Feline Leukaemia Virus here.

Brown lop eared rabbit sat in grass

Flystrike in rabbits

Read the latest information on flystrike here.

Close up of a Golden Retriever's nose who is laying down on wooden floor

Canine infectious respiratory disease complex and bordetella bronchiseptica

Read the latest information on CIRD here.

Brown and white husky dog having chest listened to by male vet in blue scrubs using a stethoscope

Streptococcus zoopepidemicus in companion animals

Read the latest information on Streptococcus zoopepidemicus in companion animals here.

Three kittens sat in a cardboard box looking up

Tritrichomonas foetus

Read the latest information on Tritrichomonas foetus here.

Brown cat with white nose laying down on rug and looking at camera

Feline Calicivirus

Read the latest information on feline calicivirus here.

A large brown dog laying down outside with head on the ground

Canine Enteric Coronavirus

Read the latest information on Canine Enteric Coronavirus here.