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Originally Posted by aksm4  really , wow but whay if she had tested the parents would she not have known , i have called her sand told her of a possible shunt happening and she denies having it her lines and i told her Becky might have this , nowhere did she mention to refund me to help pay for surgery !!!!!! in your opinion do u think mvd with a high number like 129 after eating ???? and protein c will tell the difference between shunt or mvd??? |
That I'm not sure of, because MVD is just like a shunt, but there is no shunt. So I think the bloodwork may be similar? When the Bile Acid Test is repeated, if her numbers stay above 100, then it is most likely a shunt. I think a Scintigraphy(sp) is more specific, but Tink had her surgery after the U/S bc exploratory surgery is the only way to tell what's really going on, at least is was for her. Tink's BAT was in the 300's pre and post. Plus Gall bladder problems can raise the BAT, but that usually shows up in the bloodwork (liver enzymes) too.
The only way to verify MVD is by doing a liver biopsy. A needle biopsy is not big enough to tell, the sample should be taken during a surgery, either exploratory or sometimes is done during a spay.
Even if the parents are tested and are shunt free, they can still produce a pup or pups with LS. The Univ of Tenn even bred two dogs proven to have LS, and they produced a litter with no shunting. This is why it's so hard to isolate it enough to avoid producing LS pups. They are doing research now on a genetic marker, which will make testing for LS and carriers easy (Hopefully).
I would wait until you get a definite diagnosis on her, right now it's just a possiblity she has a shunt. Plus it's a big blow for a breeder to hear that their dogs produced a LS pup ... give her a little time to digest the info, sometimes they come around and do the right thing and offer to help.
Some of the States have Puppy Lemon Laws... do they have anything like that in Canada?