[ SHOWGSD-L ] cTLI scores?

  • From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
  • To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:40:28 -0400 (EDT)

So...just got the score back on a bitch I had tested (fasting results)  25.1
 
Her 7 month old puppy, 13.3
 
I can see on the fax from the vet, that the lab's (Antech) normal range is  
5-35.
 
We know that EPT is anything under 2.5, and we have also learned some vets  
treat under 5.
 
Texas A & M has apparently done a lot w/ this and their definition of  
normal is slightly different (5.something) but not enough to split  hairs.
 
On the Texas A & M web site they used to have a chart that showed low  
normal, etc. and now I can't find it, although interestingly I am finding case  
studies of dogs w/ SIBO and a reference for one dog at "low normal" at  6.8. 
 So I wrote to them and here's what I got:  
 
 
Hello, 
Thank you for your  interest in our services. Unfortunately, due to 
veterinary licensing issues we  are legally prohibited from giving advice or 
releasing results directly to pet  owners. However, we do offer a free 
consultation service that your veterinarian  may use. Please have your 
veterinarian 
contact us at gilab@xxxxxxxxxxxx or  979-862-2861, and we will set up a consult 
request so that one of our internal  medicine specialists can work with 
your veterinarian to provide the highest  level of patient care available. If 
you are looking for a specialist in your  area, you can search at the 
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine at  
_http://www.acvim.org/websites/acvim/index.php?p=3_ 
(http://www.acvim.org/websites/acvim/index.php?p=3)   
or the American Animal Hospital Association at _http://www.healthypet.com_ 
(http://www.healthypet.com/) . As always, we  are here to help. Thank you for 
your continued support. 
Thank  you, 
Samantha  Britt 
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Does  anybody have additional info, charts, recommended frequency for 
tests,  recommended ranges for breeding stock?  I'm not so much concerned w/ a  
definition for EPI...My thought is a lower than ideal pancreatic function  
can set a dog up for a whole lot of things, SIBO, TG etc., I am trying to  
quantify "lower than ideal" and I'll be damned but I am coming up  empty on 
data.
 
 
 
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations  of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/)  

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