[Ellie May]

I was told by a few people that I should get her BATs tested because she had a UTI this summer that wouldn't go away. She also went into shock after her last vaccines. Lamb in dog food seems to not agree with her and dogs with ls or mvd don't usually tolerate it well. She is also very skinny but loves to eat. It is interesting that she loves to eat because usually they don't like to eat with liver disease. She has had two blood panels and we did the BATs twice. The BATs the first time were pre:4.1 and post: 47. This time, after a month of low protein diet, denosyl and vitamin e, they are pre: 8 or 10 and post: 15.8. The supplementation and diet appears to be working (which isn't exactly consistent with mvd so it is a mystery), so right now there is no need to do further testing. It is a lot of money to spend for a specialist to tell me to give her denosyl and not too much protein when I already know that. It is also a lot of emotional stress, so Ellie's vet and I decided that we wouldn't go further with the testing right now. If I was at all concerned, I would definately do it.