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Originally Posted by diva pup Lorraine perhaps you know.. How common is this problem? |
Hi, I have heard of only the odd cases but it is also hard to know the actual numbers due to some that may have been misdiagnosed as something else and the dog or puppy died before anything further could be discovered.
The ones I heard about did not survive.
I will be talking to my Vet on Friday and he is very interested in all these things in various breeds so he could likely give me an idea how prevalent it would be in YOrkies or what breeds it may be showing up moreso.
The other issue of course, is that really it has been maybe the last five years or so that much of this has been diagnosed or able to be diagnosed with the use of diagnostic equipment that is pretty accessible to the world of Veterinary medicine.
That's why you are able to know so much more about Liver shunts, other liver disease issues either genetic or congenital, heart conditions, gastrointestinal issues such as this one, and the myriad of issues that can affect our companion animals.
It has not been that many years either that OFA has been around for xraying hips and elbows on breeds that have hip displasia issues such as labs and Golden Retrievers. The Veterinarians that certifiy OFA have to be specially trained for it.
A lot of these diseases hava been around for years but it would not have been known what happened when a dog or puppy died from something like liver shunt for example.