Redneck Mafia
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Glad yours is doing better. I hope he makes a full recovery!
A couple of years ago a friend of ours in Kansas dog was diagnosed with this ( Schistosomiasis) being sick off and on for probably a year. Various vets had treated tried treating the dog but none ever came up with the right diagnosis until he finally took him to KU. His local vets were trying to treat like it was a tick disease with doxycycline or maybe low thyroid, allergies ect, the more common things they run into. His got some better after treatment but long term damage had already been done by the time the diagnosis was made and he later died from it. This parasite that enters through the skin and travels through to the lungs. Strangely part of its lifecycle involves a snail.
I've wandered if one reason it is not more common is the prevalence of the use of fenbendazole (Panacure) in hounds.
His dog had started out not acting right and slick treeing then got worse, he was a very accomplished dog not a pup so he knew something wasn't right health wise early on. This is definitely one to remember if anyone has a sick dog that a vet can't pinpoint diagnosis on to suggest testing for. Sometimes we have to think outside the box.
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