Blog: pet weight

Pug lying on the floor

WHY IS MY DOG’S BELLY BIGGER?

By:  Dr Jennifer Merry When you see your dog’s abdomen (or stomach) getting larger it is easy to brush it off as too many cookies and too little exercise -then promise yourself to do better in the future. But there are medical conditions that can make the abdomen appear larger...

Vet measuring a dog and a cat

Morphometric Measurements

Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή “morphé”, meaning ‘shape’ or ‘form’, and μετρία “metría”, meaning ‘measurement’) refers to the quantitative analysis of form. Morphometrics analyzes lengths, widths, masses, angles, ratios and areas. Morphometric data is a measurement of size. It’s all Greek to me! What does all that mean to you when we perform...