[ SHOWGSD-L ] Important Info That could Save Your Dog -- Hook Worms
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thought this might be of interest to all
I had a tragic experience here and I want to let others know about it so
maybe I can save someone else the same heartache.
I got a new dog just before Christmas, 2 weeks later he was dead. He was 3
years old and showed no signs of being sick except for blowing coat, which is
normal for shelties and he began to drink a lot of water. The cause of his
death was hook worms. Now before you start saying "he wasn't cared for
properly, he should have been on worm meds" He was on worm meds.
Now if you don't know exactly what hook worms do, I will explain. They bite
into the intestine and make a hole and suck blood through this hole until it
clots over, then they move to another spot and bite again. Each worm can suck
.01 ml of blood each 24 hours. Multiply that by 100's even 1000's and you
can see that it doesn't take long for the dog to loose a lot of blood. That is
why he began drinking a lot of water, he was going anemic But, if you catch
it in time and worm the dog, odds are that it will still die as it now has
all these holes in the intestine and the odds of infection are very great.
This
is a terrible thing to happen to a dog and I am thankful that he did not
suffer very long.
The following info I have discovered since his death and was wondering how
many other people out there "think" their dogs are "protected" when they
really are not "fully protected".
First- there are 3 different kinds of hook worms. Of course all are not
located in all areas of the country, they have zones in which they live. So
some
vets may not be aware of the risk from all 3 types of worms. But how many of
you either travel with your dog or send it with a handler to different parts
of the country? It only takes a second for your dog to be in the wrong place
at the wrong time to pick up one of these worms.
Second- not all wormer meds are able to kill all 3 types of hookworms. Now
if you read the heart worm box for Interceptor it says in big clear letters
that it "takes care of adult hook worms" along with the rest. BUT if you read
the paper insert that comes inside the box, it says that it only kills 1 kind
of hookworm. So if your dog has hook worms of the other 2 varieties, they are
not being killed, but you think your dog is protected. The only kind of
wormers that kill all 3 kinds of hookworms is Ivermectin and Pyrantel. This is
from the Merck Vet. Manual, here is a link http://www.merckvet manual.com/
mvm/index. jsp?cfile= htm/bc/23507. htm&word=hookworms
OK so how many of you have been told to NEVER use Ivermectin because of the
problems it can cause with "collie type" breeds?? I for one have stayed away
from it for the 15 years that I have had shelties, and I Thank GOD that I
did not have this tragedy happen to me years ago. My question is: in 15 years
of having shelties, I have had 4 different vets and not a one of them ever
said that my dogs were not protected from ALL worms. WHY??? It took this
tragedy
and my NEW vet to inform me of the truth. He also informed me that it is
safe to give Ivermectin. Well, I balked at that one and came home and
researched
it for myself. Sure enough, if you go to the Washington State University
website, the people who developed the test to check for the mutated gene, they
say that giving Ivermectin, in the low doses to prevent heartworms, is safe
even for the dogs that HAVE the mutated gene. I don't know how you feel about
this but I am inclined to believe them and I believe we need to "spread the
word" so our Collie type breeds can be fully protected against ALL worms.
Here is a link to the WSU site http://www.vetmed. wsu.edu/depts- VCPL/drugs.
aspx
I hope this helps someone else from having to go through the tragedy of
loosing a dog needlessly. Please feel free to cross post to other lists.
Kim Bond
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