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Sep 27 2012, 08:47 AM
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We have a few pets including our 6 year old rescue dog. He'd been losing weight, was off his food, showed some signs of anemia and had had a couple of bad nose bleeds last wek
so we took him to the local vet. She said that she thought that he had a hernia but recommended that we have him x-rayed, nmr scanned and blood tested. The blood tests have now come back and he has visceral leishmaniasis. That's an anti- immune condition spread by a parasite carried by a sandfly (the sandfly is actually a tiny mosquito and it also doesn't live in sand). He may have had the condition dormant for years. We actually had had him vaccinated against leishmania and he wore a special collar but to no avail. The condition isn't curable, it can only be managed. He'll now have to have a daily muscular injection for a month and he also have to take tablets for the rest of his life. The condition will eventually kill him as the parasite from the sandflies gradually build up an immunity to it. How long he lasts is anyone's guess, some dogs die after a few months but some live for several years. My wife is being very stoic about it. She says she's glad just to know what is wrong with him and how to manage the condition. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 27 2012, 02:44 PM
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Thanks guys for all the kind words
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Sep 27 2012, 06:01 PM
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Sorry to hear that Tony.
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Sep 29 2012, 10:18 AM
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Thanks guys, appreciate the kind thoughts
.Momo has been quite perky the last few days as the drugs kick in. So he's now back to barking at blue tractors. He only ever barks at blue ones, never red or green ones and he doesn't have to see the tractor first befor he knows whether to bark or not. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 29 2012, 10:56 AM
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QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Sep 29 2012, 10:21 AM)  He's a tractor racist !!!  ... But how does he know before he sees them Ben? Do blue ones sound different? -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 29 2012, 09:00 PM
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QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Sep 29 2012, 08:11 PM) Of course they sound different..... dem's de Blues!!!!! thats so funny SJ , glad your dog feeling better tony |
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Sep 30 2012, 10:57 AM
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Damn, that's so sad Toni, really sorry to hear that
 I too am afraid of leishmaniasis, and hope my dog never catches it. I also thought about the vaccine. By the way, to take that vaccine the dog needs to be tested beforehand to check if he already had it. Didn't the vet detect that when he did the test? That he already had it? I'm on the fence on giving mine the vaccine. I read about some pretty nasty reactions to it in certain cases, so I'm not going to do it. Besides I live in the north, and it's harder (though not impossible) to get leishmaniasis over here. Again, really sorry to hear that man
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Sep 30 2012, 11:21 AM
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QUOTE (Fran @ Sep 30 2012, 10:57 AM) Damn, that's so sad Toni, really sorry to hear that I too am afraid of leishmaniasis, and hope my dog never catches it. I also thought about the vaccine. By the way, to take that vaccine the dog needs to be tested beforehand to check if he already had it. Didn't the vet detect that when he did the test? That he already had it? I'm on the fence on giving mine the vaccine. I read about some pretty nasty reactions to it in certain cases, so I'm not going to do it. Besides I live in the north, and it's harder (though not impossible) to get leishmaniasis over here. Again, really sorry to hear that man Hi Fran, Yes sadly leishmania really is a big problem all over Southern Spain and the Mediterranean. I hope your dog doesn't get it, hopefully you should be ok as it's a lot safer up in the North. Mo was tested before his vaccination but it is quite possible that his blood count level was low enough to avoid detection. The vaccine doesn't guarantee immunity as there are a lot of different strains of leishmania and the vaccine only immunises against some. We thought that we were being extra cautious by fitting the collar as well but it wasn't enough. The vaccine is nasty, Mo had a reaction to it, and given that it isn't 100% I can understand your concerns about it. Given the chance again I think we'd opt only for the collar. The collar however can give some dogs a nasty skin conditiion... -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 30 2012, 04:49 PM
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Yeah I tried scalibor collar on my dog but it gave him a rash on the neck and he wasn't acting normal, it's a small dog so he is more sensitive I guess.
I use advantix K9 though, which is supposed to repel the bug. This post has been edited by Fran: Sep 30 2012, 04:49 PM -------------------- Guitars:
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