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Originally Posted by gaijingirl  That's interesting that your MVD dog had her bile acid's go down. When we had Snickers's tested a couple of weeks ago they were still as high as before. All other bloodwork was normal...I think the only thing that was off was low cholesterol. The Dr. told me that it was normal for his bile acid's to remain high, having MVD and that they would probably always be that way.
What kind of bacterial infection did your dog have? |
Yes my Daisy's bile acids were 93 preprandial and 107 postprandial when she was diagnosed with probable MVD at about age 6 and a half. She is going to be 11 this year. When she was diagnosed she was very ill. She has many problems in addition to MVD.
Anyway, she was put on the Hill's L/D and Marin and her numbers dropped significantly to the 30s.
We went to a home cooked diet two years ago designed by vet nutritionist Dr. Rebecca Remillard and we saw her bile acids go down to 13 pre and 3 post!
So tell your vet that YES it can happen and it was due mostly to her diet change because we are not that reliable with the Marin. Daisy's bile acids are checked twice a year and they have remained steady. Her entire liver profile is normal, which is amazing.
To answer your question, her infection was not related to her liver disease but I'm sure her ability to fight it was. She had a urinary tract infection which was affecting her kidney and the bacteria was E. coli. She did not clear the infection after a course of antibiotics and had to be on them for 6 weeks. That longer course of antibiotic therapy caused an overgrowth of enterococcus. All of this for no symptoms --- it had shown up on routine pre-surgical blood/urine testing.
My Daisy is a bull. She has beaten the odds so many times, she might as well be a cat with 9 lives.