I was fortunate to present on grass awn infection to the Purina Pointing Dog Awards gathering in Kansas City this past weekend with Dr. Pat McInteer. Dr. McInteer shared an article that he wrote with Dr. James Mills on diagnosing and treating nocardia and associated infections, and was amenable to hosting that article here, as well as a second article that he wrote on speargrass. My thanks to both Dr. McInteer and Dr. Mills for sharing this information. See Pages list to the right for the article links.
Thanks as well to Dr. Matt Rooney, who generously took the time (during his vacation, no less!) to review the presentation slides. I will be posting these here soon.
Image credit: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 177.
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It is so helpful to have this site as a resource~ We have three pointing dogs, one is a Drahthaar with plant awn disease (diagnosed at the University of MN in May 2011). He is going in for his 4th mass removal today that we have been pulse treating with amoxicillan for three months. We are going in for exploratory this morning. He had two draining tracts removed at the U of MN in May and infection in his chest bone that had to be removed.
We have come to realize this is a lifelong disease for our Loden and we will do anything to keep him healthy! These seeds are certainly Mean!
Marcy & Brandon: thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Good luck to Loden! Please fill out a case history when you have a chance.