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.
Symptoms of Lyme disease in dogs and cats include limping and intermittent, wandering arthritis that affects one joint one day, and the same or another joint the next day. The painful arthritic joint may be hot and swollen so that pets walk stiffly and arch their backs.