Top 10 Pet Medical Conditions of 2010
Nation’s Largest Pet Insurer
Reveals Most Common Causes of Veterinary Visits.
VPI, the nation’s oldest and largest provider of pet health insurance, recently sorted its database of more than 485,000 insured pets to determine the top 10 pet medical conditions from the previous year.
Dogs
1. Ear Infection (61,555 canine claims for ear infections)
2. Skin Allergy
3. Skin Infection/Hot Spots
4. Gastritis/Vomiting
5. Enteritis/Diarrhea
6. Arthritis
7. Bladder Infection
8. Soft Tissue Trauma
9. Non-cancerous Tumor
10. Hypothyroidism
