An environmental cause can include a drug, alcohol or a disease the mother has that can increase the chance for the baby to be born with a birth defect. An agent that can cause a birth defect is known as a teratogen. Multifactorial birth defects are caused by a combination of genes and environmental exposures.
National Rescues. Lyme Disease May Cause Sudden Aggression in Dogs Written by Betsy Sommers of. Peppertree Rescue, Albany, NY, USA. 28th May 2004: We recently had a very strange event that I think we should share around the rescue community. A Young (~2 years) Lab mix, male, came into our program with a questionable background.
Lyme Disease Symptoms in Dogs. The most pronounced of the canine lyme disease symptoms is lameness in the legs. It will shift from one leg to the other (in humans you see a round rash with the tick in the center, this is not the case with dogs).