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Originally Posted by dwerten  dr dodds said tsh is a waste it is only 70% accurate in dogs and 95% accurate in humans. It is more expensive as well as i asked about it when she ran the 6 panel thyroid. The first time to diagnose they run all 6 panels but no TSH. Once they know the dog has hypot no need to keep running all 6 - I will check dd blood work but it is not all 6 after that as i questioned that.
The 6 panel is T4FREE, T4, T3FREE, T3, T4AA, T3AA - this should be done through michigan state lab or dr dodds but antech or idexx i believe can do it as well. The T4free should be 1.0 for yorkies per jean. Dee Dee was .38 on T4FREE when jean rant test. She was .78 the year prior so she dropped alot in one year. So she should have been on meds the year prior when vet only ran t4free  and may have not lost all that hair.
Is wylie the one with allergies on atopica? If so hypoT and allergies go hand in hand - poor immune systems STINKS - I think it is a sebaceous gland excretion that causes the odor
HypoT dogs run hot and have a stinky musky smell as the thyroid is the bodies thermometer i believe |
Marcel is the one on Atopica. But, now that Wylie's cortisol is managed - he's having some breakthrough pollen allergies too - luckily, Claritin is doing nicely. His Thyroid is WNL right now (@ .10 BID)...but it's interesting you mention "hot" bc before I started the Claritin, his body was just hothothot and almost felt damp sometimes. His thyr levels were perfect, but I think the allergic response was realllly irritating him, poor guy
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