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Originally Posted by belindaY  When a friend's Yorkie puppy recently tested 50ish on BAT I recommended the protein C but her vet gave her some fancy reason why it doesn't work. Her vet says she can see a big shunt on the ultrasound and wants to do exploratory liver surgery as part of the spay (for $4000 extra). The whole idea makes me break out in hives. Isn't a BAT of 50 inconsistent with a BIG shunt? |
From what I've read, a BAT of less than 100 USUALLY indicates MVD and NOT a shunt, but that's not always the rule. My vet suspects ruthie has a shunt (her numbers were 249/231) and that Oscar has MVD (51). My vet also said the Protein C test was useless...