[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Mycoplasma revisited....
- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:51:14 -0800
That is very true Peggy ......unless someone plans ahead and gets it done...we
get calls
from bitch owners with her in season and no mycoplasma test. It's too late
for the test
so we recommend an A.I..........or that they put the bitch on Baytril or
Doxycycline for the ten
days prior to breeding. ( with proof from their Vet ) Typical treatment for
a high count of
mycoplasma is simply ten days of either antibiotic. Now that likely might
not take care of a
raging infection.....but takes the risk away for the stud.....and therefore the
risk away from
him infecting other bitches afterwards.
The problem with some of the other infections is the pure physiology of "the
tie".....
As our Repro Vet explained......it literally leaves the stud vulnerable to a
deep seated
infection of Strep or Staph that can end up in the kidneys and then it becomes
very serious
for the health of the stud.
Of course with chilled semen implants....or A.I., there is no test requirement
for the bitch....and
now that is where we are running into problems and some of the conversations I
am always
having with a few bitch owners. They've spent a small fortune.... not to
mention their hopes for
a certain breeding......failed conception or reabsorption....and want to repeat
.....or feel the bitch
will "never conceive". MOST OF THE TIME....when they listen and get the
bitch tested...
the problem is mycoplasma specifically!!
Partly I think because everyone still does the Vag. Culture any other
infection is detected
and quickly treated. Unfortunately the same treatment does not work for
mycoplasma.
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.Marhaven.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Peggy To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
10:25 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Mycoplasma revisited....
I just hate when the list's server does this.......I tried to say:
Funny how things run in cycles........another list I'm on is talking
about Mycoplasma, too.
Part of the problem is that vets prefer that the smear for the culture be
taken while the
bitch is in season.......and given the time it takes to grow the culture, by
then you'll have
missed the breeding date.
Given how anxious so many are to get the bitch bred, many won't
wait........because
it means waiting 6 months or so....... Peggy
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----- Original Message -----
> Yep........but that can be said of any Staph or Strep infection>
also..........
> The REAL problem is that mycoplasma results take no less than ten days and
> preferably> fifteen days and the Labs charge a small fortune for the
testing!!
> But it is still cheaper than the expense and hopes involved in a>
breeding.....and then lose a
> litter to reabsorption or a failed conception.....> Carolyn
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