Comments on: Canine Hepatozoonosis http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/ i-Flyball Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eli http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/comment-page-1/#comment-938 eli Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:22:27 +0000 http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/#comment-938 Awesome! Happy New Year! Awesome!

Happy New Year!

]]> By: julia http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/comment-page-1/#comment-937 julia Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:12:01 +0000 http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/#comment-937 I know few comments were made on this topic. But I thought I would give you guys an update just the same. Jake went to Auburn and was checked from stim to stern. Though A POUND (I admit shamefully) overweight he came up all clear! Jake sends sloppy kissses to all! I know few comments were made on this topic. But I thought I would give you guys an update just the same. Jake went to Auburn and was checked from stim to stern. Though A POUND (I admit shamefully) overweight he came up all clear!

Jake sends sloppy kissses to all!

]]> By: Werner Aguilar http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Werner Aguilar Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:31:18 +0000 http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/#comment-781 Thanks Julia for this important info. My prayers are with you and Jake. In addition to training a lot of green dogs, Jake trained a lot of green handlers including me. He was the first dog that I ran in flyball and he made me look good. He is an awesome Border Collie. Werner Thanks Julia for this important info. My prayers are with you and Jake. In addition to training a lot of green dogs, Jake trained a lot of green handlers including me. He was the first dog that I ran in flyball and he made me look good. He is an awesome Border Collie.

Werner

]]> By: eli http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/comment-page-1/#comment-775 eli Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:37:56 +0000 http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/#comment-775 Thanks for the update, Julia. Let us all know how it goes this next test. Thanks for the update, Julia. Let us all know how it goes this next test.

]]> By: Julia http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Julia Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:43:40 +0000 http://www.flyballblog.com/canine-hepatozoonosis/#comment-774 That is my little hero! I am hoping to take Jake to be tested in the next few weeks for the all clear. Larry did an excellent job of describing the disease in the early stages. I drove my vet nuts! "There's something wrong." "Does he play," asked the vet. P-L-E-A-S-E!!!! We all know BC's They will do their job until they drop, weather it's a game of Disc, herding the JRTs around the house or playing Flyball. So if your pup doesn't seem just right to you and you live in the SE, please have your friend tested. Caught early enough, it can have a good outcome. Caught too late, it will attack the heart and kidneys. Another note. The disesase was actually brought to the US by the military dogs during the Vietnam War. The strain the Asian tick carries is much less virulent than the transmuted form the Gulf Coast tick now carries. Another catch? The disease can lay dormant for quite sometime after initial infection. It isn't until the "cysts" that contain the parasite in the muscle tissue rupture and are released into the blood stream and cause an episode, that you will have any clue there's a problem. For the past 2 years I have commuted to Auburn to get Jake's medicine, an additive for cattle feeds, about every 3 months. I am hoping to go one last time for a final blood test. Jake was actually part of a study that was done to develop the blood test. Until then, muscle biopsies were required. Jake had both the blood test and the biopsy done. The vet from Auburn would call each time about tests they were running and kept commenting on how they were going to have to shave part of his "lovely coat." Lovely coat...In other words, Jake still had the look of perfect health to those who didn't know him. As Larry noted, at least to me, Jake is the most noble dog I have ever shared my home with. He has my total heart and soul. I am eagerly awaiting the "all clear." Thanks Julia That is my little hero! I am hoping to take Jake to be tested in the next few weeks for the all clear. Larry did an excellent job of describing the disease in the early stages. I drove my vet nuts! “There’s something wrong.” “Does he play,” asked the vet. P-L-E-A-S-E!!!! We all know BC’s They will do their job until they drop, weather it’s a game of Disc, herding the JRTs around the house or playing Flyball. So if your pup doesn’t seem just right to you and you live in the SE, please have your friend tested. Caught early enough, it can have a good outcome. Caught too late, it will attack the heart and kidneys.

Another note. The disesase was actually brought to the US by the military dogs during the Vietnam War. The strain the Asian tick carries is much less virulent than the transmuted form the Gulf Coast tick now carries. Another catch? The disease can lay dormant for quite sometime after initial infection. It isn’t until the “cysts” that contain the parasite in the muscle tissue rupture and are released into the blood stream and cause an episode, that you will have any clue there’s a problem.

For the past 2 years I have commuted to Auburn to get Jake’s medicine, an additive for cattle feeds, about every 3 months. I am hoping to go one last time for a final blood test. Jake was actually part of a study that was done to develop the blood test. Until then, muscle biopsies were required. Jake had both the blood test and the biopsy done. The vet from Auburn would call each time about tests they were running and kept commenting on how they were going to have to shave part of his “lovely coat.” Lovely coat…In other words, Jake still had the look of perfect health to those who didn’t know him.

As Larry noted, at least to me, Jake is the most noble dog I have ever shared my home with. He has my total heart and soul. I am eagerly awaiting the “all clear.”

Thanks
Julia

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