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Originally Posted by dwerten  i have to say i do not think they are accurate and i would not spend money on it myself as i helped a dog on here who had a protein c test done and it came up negative for shunt and the dog had 4 shunts when tobias opened him up after i referred him to tobias and she could not repair him - the protein c test was sent by a well respected ims (who dr dodds has a lot of respect for as i asked if she knew this person)to texas a & m so not sure if that was the problem as it was not sent to cornell like the dog owner requested  I would save my money and go straight to scintigraphy if it were my dog after that as scintigraphy is much more indicative of the shunt and if protein c test comes up positive anyway they will send the dog for scintigraphy anyway and after seeing this happen with this dog i strongly question the protein c test now |
oh and he sent me all the tests so i personally saw them
as i forwarded them on to dr dodds for her to review them as well prior to him going to dr tobias and i was shocked too as i always thought protein c test was a good measurement. Since he fathered puppies i told him you need to do scintigaphy and go to tobias so he did and scintigraphy showed a shunt and when tobias opened him up to neuter and fix the shunt there were 4 so she had to close him up and could not do shunt repair. This was a healthy dog too and only signs of liver disease were stones and he was 4 years old
I think there is controversy as well as i think and correct me if i am wrong centers is not too quick on doing shunt repair in all dogs and in some feels they can be treated without the repair is this the case as I believe a vet tech told me this but want to be sure as i personally if my dog had a shunt would get it repaired so they can have a normal life -- I am just curious if anyone else has heard this as well?