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Originally Posted by magicgenie  there are some people on here posting over and over again how yorkies are 36times more likely to get liver shunt than all other breeds combined, but I've never been able to get anyone to tell me how much that actually is. Is it 1 in 10 Yorkies will get it, 1 in 100, HOW MUCH. And, somewhere else I've seen that bile acid tests on young puppies are inaccurate, so I've been trying to figure out how that's helpful. One study suggests that 2.9% of Yorkies are affected, another is closer to 60%. Something else I read suggests that some breeds just have higher bile acids and that it's not necessarily a problem. MVD is inoperable and dogs seems to be living just fine, sometimes needing a little dietary mangement. If they can live with MVD, why is shunt so different? Conservative vets try to treat first with diet and meds, referring only the worst cases for surgery. I think people need to calm down a bit on this subject. |
I do not think you have accurate information for you to be basing your opinions on.
Maybe head to U of Tenn and Cornell to start and interview and research from there. Then head over to all the independent group of LS and MVD parents and get all the information you can from them....
BTW - LS and MVD symptoms and degrees vary from dog to dog, don't lump them all together....Some have huge major symptoms (both LS and MVD) and others only from bloodwork.
And unless you have first hand experience with an LS or MVD dog, then it is best to not try and post false or misleading information. These are 2 very, very serious genetic diseases, that aren't going to disappear over night.