[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: : Valley Fever
- From: "J. Mendelsohn" <judsohngsd@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ELG440@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 17:02:48 -0700
living in Arizona I have had 2 males with Valley Fever(not at the same
time)...I also traveled back and forth to Mexico for the meds.....One of the
males was 8-9 months old when he got Valley Fever, either the valley fever
or the meds left him sterile......Both dogs were on meds for 6 months....my
other male had valley fever in his joints and his feet and legs were
swollen, and both dogs had no appetite from the Valley Fever and were sort
of nausious from the meds....aside from the valley fever meds they were put
on pred. i sure would like to know a documented case that showed signes of
recovery in a week
What a mess....I hope never to have another dog with valley fever
Judy
judsohngsd@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:39 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] : Valley Fever
In a message dated 5/9/07 3:42:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The good news is that most dogs, with the appropriate medication and
treatment, do recover from this disease. In fact, most dogs are acting
normally, and have a very good quality of life after the first week or so
of
treatment with the medication. Antibody tests, also called serologies or
titers, will be repeated periodically, and the results will determine the
point at which the medication can be stopped.
This is what Asgard's Big Ben of Encore had. The first few vets diagnosed
cancer, due to it being in the leg joint, and wanted to amputate his leg. We
finally got the correct diagnosis. The treatment was Fluconosol, which was
$21.00 a pill, twice a day for the rest of his life.
We were able to obtain it in Mexico for about $2.00 a pill. Within a month
the growth was gone, and when we took him off the medication, it returned.
So,
we kept him on it for about six years. During that time he could not be bred
as it corrupted his sperm. That is why he had so few litters. While on the
medication, he had no problems, and lived a full life, if not limiting his
love
life.
I was told Valley Fever could settle anywhere, and if it went to the heart
or the brain, would be fatal. Ben had been to Arizona to show, and
probably
contracted it there. I guess we will never know what would have happened
had
he not had Valley Fever, and I guess there are new approaches to it now.
I am pleased we did not amputate his leg as was first suggested. Instead
we
got to enjoy him for the nine or ten years we had him.
I have had all the contact with Valley Fever I ever want to have. Thanks to
my friends in Arizona, we did find out what it was, and how to treat it.
They also suggested Mexico. $42.00 a day for nine years is a bit much for a
pet,
but I guess we would have done it.
Evan (http://www.asgardgsd.com/)
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