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03-06-2005, 07:37 AM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Effingham, Illinois
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| Mvd? What is MVD? |
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03-06-2005, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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| Additionally, another phenomenon called microvascular dysplasia (MVD), a series of small intrahepatic shunts appear to be highly prevalent among Cairn Terriers. Hepatic microvascular dysplasia is thought to be a related disease to PSS that the Cairn Terrier carries. Research scientists are not of one mind about this phenomenon. A Cairn Terrier research project was undertaken by Thomas Schermerhorn, Sharon A. Center, Nathan L. Dykes, Peter H. Rowland, A. E. Yeager, H. N. Erb, Karen Oberhansley and Michael Bonda. They published an article in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Vol. 10, No. 4 (July-August) 1996: pp 219-230. The article's title is "Characterization of Hepatoportal Microvascular Dysplasia in a Kindred of Cairn Terriers." This article is more technical than practical for our particular discussion. Within the article is a description of anatomical changes in livers of PSS Cairns and description of anatomical liver changes of MVD Cairns. MVD Cairns can appear to be healthy and they can go undiagnosed throughout their lives. If they are undetected, they often remain in the breeding population. The role of MVD Cairns in the spread of PSS isn't known. At this time we do not know if the MVD phenomenon occurs in our Scottish Terrier population. http://clubs.akc.org/stca/liverShunt.htm |
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