Inflammation of the pancreas (or pancreatitis) often progresses rapidly in dogs, but can often be treated without any permanent damage to the organ. However, if pancreatitis goes long-term without treatment, severe organ, and even brain damage can occur.Pancreatitis can affect both dogs and cats.ancreatitis in Dogs. The pancreas is part of the endocrine and digestive system, which is integral for the digestion of foods, producing the enzymes that digest food, and producing insulin.
Clams, Mussels and Oysters are common types of Mollusks. Mollusks are invertebrates that live in ocean, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. It is estimated that there are as many as 120,000 different species of mollusk.There are several different classes of mollusk.The most common mollusks are the gastropods (e.g., snails and slugs), the cephalopod (e.g., octopus, squid and cuttlefish) and the bivalve (e.g., clam, muscle, oyster and scallop).The Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid are the largest animals without a backbone.he most common mollusks are the gastropods (e.g., snails and slugs), the cephalopod (e.g., octopus, squid and cuttlefish) and the bivalve (e.g., clam, muscle, oyster and scallop).
Mollusks. Maybe you think that snails, clams, mussels, squid, and octopods are very different. Yet, they are all in the same category of animals known as mollusks and are structurally similar. Mollusks are some of the most well known of invertebrate sea creatures (there are over 50,000 species). Some are very rare and are only found in very deep-water. Mollusks have three body regions. 1. The head contains the brain and the sense organs. 2. The visceral mass contains the internal organs. 3. The foot is the muscular part of the body. Mollusks usually, but not always, have a shell, which is secreted by a body wall called the mantle. Many mollusks have a tongue of sorts, called a radula. The radula is rough like sandpaper. Mollusks have well developed body organs that are used in the respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems. The Stomach-Foot The stomach-foots (class Gastropoda) contains about 70% of all mollusk species.