A server running Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is called a domain controller. It authenticates and authorizes all users and computers in a Windows domain type networkâassigning and enforcing security policies for all computers and installing or updating software.
Infectious diseases and heartworm disease. Infectious diseases, like kennel cough and canine influenza in dogs, and feline herpesvirus in cats can cause abnormal breathing. Heartworm disease can also cause abnormal breathing in dogs and cats.
A weak, gagging, high-pitched cough that is followed by licking and swallowing typically is caused by a sore throat and perhaps tonsillitis. A dog that has long bouts of coughing, usually at night while lying down, may be suffering from heart disease â particularly congestive heart failure. In toy dogs, a chronic dry, harsh, âgoose-honkingâ cough often is caused by a collapsing trachea. Dogs with a soft cough and a high fever may have contracted canine influenza, which is a fairly recently recognized disease of domestic dogs.