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Originally Posted by kjc  No, I did not have the scintography to rule out a shunt because her BAT was high enough (post=145) to indicate there is a shunt. U of T has run so many of these tests they basically know from the results of the BAT when a shunt is present or not. The BATS that come in close to 100, either over or under are the ones that are questionable, and may need repeated. With Lucy's results being in the 50's, it is okay to assume she has MVD and can be managed with diet and/or medication. If, in the future, she begins to show symptoms that diet and/or medication cannot control, that would warrant retesting her BAT, and probably further testing depending again on her latest BAT results. Many pups with MVD are managed solely on diet alone and do fine. |
agree mine is only on diet no supplements and does fine and she is on temaril p and soloxine which both are processed through liver and no symptoms - i do not supplement as she already gets alot and not easy to give her supplements but if she ever has symptoms or high alt i will supplement to repair liver but for now i just go with low protein diet only and her numbers went from 73 then 54 then 26 post on last one 6 mos on low protein diet