Comments on: Case History Form Download http://www.meanseeds.com to protect our dogs Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:52:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.meanseeds.com/case-history-form/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 admin Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:52:04 +0000 http://www.meanseeds.com/?page_id=7#comment-1057 Angie: good luck with your dog's treatment. We've had several pyothorax cases ourselves, and generally the treatment is effective. If you would please submit the case history via the web form or if you'd prefer, downloading the paper version, I would be most grateful for the data point. I hope that you find the information here useful. Angie: good luck with your dog’s treatment. We’ve had several pyothorax cases ourselves, and generally the treatment is effective. If you would please submit the case history via the web form or if you’d prefer, downloading the paper version, I would be most grateful for the data point.

I hope that you find the information here useful.

]]> By: Angie http://www.meanseeds.com/case-history-form/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 Angie Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:39:07 +0000 http://www.meanseeds.com/?page_id=7#comment-1056 My english springer is currently in the Unniversity of Saskatchewan Vet hospital getting his chest cavity flushed with chest tubes. He is now being flushed every 4 hours for 7-10 days. He has a PLEURITIS infection in his chest caused by some foreign object probably a grass awn. Hopefully everything works! My english springer is currently in the Unniversity of Saskatchewan Vet hospital getting his chest cavity flushed with chest tubes. He is now being flushed every 4 hours for 7-10 days. He has a PLEURITIS infection in his chest caused by some foreign object probably a grass awn. Hopefully everything works!

]]> By: Kay Olson http://www.meanseeds.com/case-history-form/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Kay Olson Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:00:23 +0000 http://www.meanseeds.com/?page_id=7#comment-983 We are in our 2nd week of postoperative care of our 10 year field lab. My husband hunted with her in Canada in October 2009 and she exhibited no overt symptoms of illness until the last week of January 2010, namely shivering and off her feed. The regular vet diagnosed it as a UTI, but after 3 days on an antibiotic, I noticed her breathing was rapid and shallow, so we immediately took her to the vet hospital near us. Only 125cc of fluid was drawn as it was thick and gunky. The recommendation was exploratory surgery whereupon pyothorax was found and a gross amount of mediastinal infection. We brought her home and 5 days later had to be taken back due to a severe wound infection. We brought her home again and gave her IV fluid and Amikacin SQ and right now the wound looks clean and dry. Our usual vet had no experience with this. Previously, in 2001, we had a lab with Erlichea which was unknown in this area but was successfully treated at the same vet hospital. I'm hoping this site will provide much needed information - most of the vets in our area are not knowledgeable about what hunting dogs can get into. Although the culprit was not found (probably because of the enormous amount of infection which the surgeon described as nothing he had ever seen), it would seem our lab got nailed by Foxtail. We are in our 2nd week of postoperative care of our 10 year field lab. My husband hunted with her in Canada in October 2009 and she exhibited no overt symptoms of illness until the last week of January 2010, namely shivering and off her feed. The regular vet diagnosed it as a UTI, but after 3 days on an antibiotic, I noticed her breathing was rapid and shallow, so we immediately took her to the vet hospital near us. Only 125cc of fluid was drawn as it was thick and gunky. The recommendation was exploratory surgery whereupon pyothorax was found and a gross amount of mediastinal infection. We brought her home and 5 days later had to be taken back due to a severe wound infection. We brought her home again and gave her IV fluid and Amikacin SQ and right now the wound looks clean and dry. Our usual vet had no experience with this. Previously, in 2001, we had a lab with Erlichea which was unknown in this area but was successfully treated at the same vet hospital.

I’m hoping this site will provide much needed information – most of the vets in our area are not knowledgeable about what hunting dogs can get into. Although the culprit was not found (probably because of the enormous amount of infection which the surgeon described as nothing he had ever seen), it would seem our lab got nailed by Foxtail.

]]> By: Patty Kovach, DVM http://www.meanseeds.com/case-history-form/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Patty Kovach, DVM Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:26:58 +0000 http://www.meanseeds.com/?page_id=7#comment-978 I recently had a suspected case of Foxtail foreign body in one of my cllient's top field trial GSPs. He requested that I share his dogs information. I'll submit a case history form hopefully within the next week. Patty I recently had a suspected case of Foxtail foreign body in one of my cllient’s top field trial GSPs. He requested that I share his dogs information. I’ll submit a case history form hopefully within the next week.

Patty

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