[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Concerning Mycoplasma
- From: arycrest@xxxxxxx
- To: Ferraristr@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:37:04 +0000
Since you brought up Dr. Hutchinson, I thought I'd post this reminder that the
The DogHobbyist (who are some of the same folks from the former AOL Pet Care
Forum and later VIN) is sponsoring an online seminar with Dr. Hutchinson - the
subject this year is Advanced Topics in Canine Reproduction and is scheduled
for Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 8 PM Eastern Time. They will also have a
private Q&A message board to ask Dr. Hutchinson questions. You can get the
registeration information from their website.
http://www.doghobbyist.com/AdvancedCanineRepro/
Here are links to transcripts of two of his other online seminars
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=1224
http://www.doghobbyist.com/CanineRepro.html
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-------------- Original message from Ferraristr@xxxxxxx: --------------
> Thought you all would be interested in what Dr. Robert Hutchinson, leading
> authority in canine reproduction has to say about mycoplasma.
> I have also enclosed a link to additional questions and answers to canine
> reproduction. http://www.dpca-breedered.com/reproseminarhutch.htm
> 4. Question: What about the dreaded mycoplasma?
>
> Dr. Hutch:
> Unfortunately, an article published in the early 90s blamed mycoplasma for
> infertility in males, bitches aborting their puppies, husbands fooling
> around with their secretaries. We as dog people jumped on this like there
> was no tomorrow. Mycoplasma is a normal organism at all body openings. A
> routine culture of a bitch's vaginal tract will show strep, staph, e coli,
> pasteurella, and mycoplasma. The vaginal tract is not sterile so routine
> culturing of a normal, healthy bitch is totally unwarranted. You need to
> appreciate the purpose of normal flora or normal bacteria: they keep the BAD
> bugs out so a routine culture, that shows mycoplasma, e coli, and strep, is
> not a cause for treatment but a cause for celebration because the bitch is
> normal
>
> 5. Question: What about bitches who did not become pregnant before
> antibiotics, but do afterward?
>
> Dr. Hutch:
> Putting on bitches on antibiotics pre-breeding actually makes them more
> prone to infectious disease by killing normal organisms, especially when we
> use the GOOD drugs like Baytril. Occasionally, we may see a bitch with an
> infection... but there will be signs of that infection - redness, abnormal
> discharge, smelling - just like if you have an infection in your ear, you're
> not going to not know it. Bacteria does not equal infection. When we see
> problems with mycoplasma, for example, it is not the mycoplasma that caused
> the problem. Mycoplasma only took the opportunity of the infection, just the
> same as the staph on the skin causes a hot spot because the dog has fleas,
> for example. Most of the individuals that see who do have mycoplasma
> infection, would not have been prevented by a routine culture, as the
> primary problem was stress, steroids, or other types of immune deficiency.
> They are only secondary problems. Something like pyometritis is not caused
> by routine bacteria; the normal bacteria were allowed to flare up by the
> inflammation of the uterine lining
>
> Pam Douglas
> Starview Kennels
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