The internal med specialists where I go say that testing all is not necessary. One of mine had a shunt recently and he is around 8 years of age...I had him for 7 years before this and his labs never showed anything, nor did he have any typical signs.
Even so, I will not be testing all of my pups. The odds are just not that high in my mind to justify it. Besides that, BATs are not totally reliable...and I sure as heck would not be doing any other tests for it. |