Emily
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Location: West Kill, NY
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thyroid issues
most small vets do limited thyroid panels, so if you want thorough info, they will have to send outblood samples to bigger laboratories.
The leading expert veterinary laboratory for thyroid tests was founded by Dr. Jean Dodds. She has some eccentric ideas about vaccines, though. See
http://www.hemopet.org/
for details, She's written a book with more details than you may care for available here;
http://www.mayappledirect.com/The-C...d-Epidemic.html
Or if you don't like her fuzzy headed views on some things. you can work with a veterinary teaching hospital.
The typical testing at a small vet's office will not be sensiitve enough to fine tune thyroid issues. Many hounds do just fine without meds if the problems are not severe, they can be kept warm enough and fed a supportive diet,, and even better with longterm meds correcting imbalances, but thyroid problems are at least partially heritable so you should think twice about breeding a hound with possible thyroid issues.
Some symptoms include
1) sudden change in temperament with increased crankiness including aggression toward people
2) bug eyes
3) oversensitivity to cold, and less noticeably, heat
4) indolence
5) weight gain without increase in food consumption or decrease in exercise
6) excessive thirst
7) thinning coat, hair loss
8) adverse vaccine reactions
thyroid problems usually develop in mature dogs and may either develop gradually or be triggered suddenly
probably more than you want to know, but sounds like your vet should check your dog out.
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