Annual Report 2005 - Boehringer Ingelheim
Annual Report 2005 - Boehringer Ingelheim
Annual Report 2005 - Boehringer Ingelheim
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heartWhen<br />
her Labrador Buster<br />
fell ill, he could no longer play with<br />
little Anna Kingston. “Our dog was frail and<br />
apathetic,” says Anna’s mother, Liz. Buster was<br />
unresponsive, weak and lacked his usual spirit.<br />
Like the one in ten dogs with heart disease, he was suffering from what the<br />
experts call dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) which produces changes in the heart,<br />
reducing its capacity, leading to congestive heart failure. This at first causes<br />
breathing difficulties and exhaustion, later leading to premature death.<br />
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