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Post by BILL on Sept 18, 2017 19:14:53 GMT 10
Hi Tom I have a 13 month old pup who has a minor case of acidosis what should I be feeding her to overcome this problem and what measures should I take in the future to stop the acidosis from returning.Thank you.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Sept 19, 2017 4:56:31 GMT 10
Hi Bill,
All cases of acidosis need to be treated urgently by your veterinarian to avoid long term heath problems as a lack of appropriate treatment can result in kidney damage.
Acidosis is basically a management issue and while poor food choices can affect the dogs health and therefore predispose them to being more susceptible to suffering acidosis, it is caused by excessive unsuited exercise often made worse by hot/ humid temperatures.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by steve on Oct 18, 2019 15:33:14 GMT 10
Hello Tom my dog has had acidosis about 10 weeks ago and he is jumping out of his skin he never had any steroid injections because the vet said it would take 9 months to come out of his system like I said the dog is jumping out of skin the only problem is his muscles on his back have not improved he is still skinny on his back he is only 18 months old so what can I do to build these muscles up again THANK YOU.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Oct 19, 2019 5:02:00 GMT 10
Hello Tom my dog has had acidosis about 10 weeks ago and he is jumping out of his skin he never had any steroid injections because the vet said it would take 9 months to come out of his system like I said the dog is jumping out of skin the only problem is his muscles on his back have not improved he is still skinny on his back he is only 18 months old so what can I do to build these muscles up again THANK YOU. Hi Steve, The requirements for a greyhound to increase muscle tissue and increase muscle bulk is the same as it is for us, and that is lots of protein in the diet and the right exercise. The main source of the protein required is lean beef, and therefore at least two thirds of the total daily food intake should consist of finely minced beef. Other sources of the required protein should come from eggs and milk and therefor add a soft boiled egg daily as well as a heaped desert spoon of full cream milk powder. It’s also important to provide enough carbohydrates in the diet to fulfil the energy needs in sufficient quantities so that the protein in the diet Is available for muscle building. The carbohydrates required would be best to come from at least four slices of wholemeal bread, and to increase the available energy density spread each slice with lard in the same way as you would butter your bread. Cut each slice into four pieces, wet it, and thoroughly mix it and all other food components in with the finely minced beef. Yes certainly add a vitamin mixture to this if it’s available, but it’s certainly not essential, it’s more important to mix in a heaped teaspoon of DCP to satisfy the calcium requirements. In regard to food quantity you need to increase the total food intake on previous amounts by at least ten percent. This then is the main evening meal. For breakfast it would be best if that consisted of a complete meal type kibble, at least a cupful, with a cupful of milk. In regard to the type of exercise that increases the muscle bulk along the spine, surprisingly this is daily solid walking, preferably in cool of the morning, and that doesn’t mean just walking on a walking machine, but getting out on the lead, walking up and down hills where possible, with a bit of pulling on the lead if something interesting is spotted for a minimum of thirty minutes, preferably forty minutes. In addition a single handslip up a straight of no more than 200 metres every third day. Four weeks of this, with no running behind the lure and you will see a major difference in the physical structure of the dog in regard to overall muscle shape and in particularly to the muscles of the spine and coupling. Cheers, Tom |
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Post by steve on Dec 2, 2019 21:01:03 GMT 10
hi tom I went and had a full blood test on my dog with the acidosis what readings should I be looking for to make sure he has no kidney or liver damage and that he will make a full recovery.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Dec 3, 2019 5:01:11 GMT 10
hi tom I went and had a full blood test on my dog with the acidosis what readings should I be looking for to make sure he has no kidney or liver damage and that he will make a full recovery. Hi Steve, While I would like to help you in this regard, it’s unfortunately too difficult and time consuming without the blood test printout in front of me and an opportunity to examine the greyhound. The best thing you can do in the first instance is to compare the results of the blood profile with the guidelines given HERE and if they are within the guideline perimeters the dog should make a full recovery. At the same time the vet that conducted the blood test should have made you aware of any areas of concern in regard to the test results, and these should be discussed with your vet in regard to strategies or treatments to overcome any problems. Cheers, Tom |
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Post by steve on Dec 4, 2019 1:16:22 GMT 10
hi tom this is the blood test RBC 8.4 GLUCOSE FLUORIDE OXALATE 5.3 HAEMATOCRIT 60 L GLUCOSE 2.9 HAEMOGLOBIN 20.4 IDEXX SDMA 12 MCV 71 CREATINE 0.12 MCH 24 UREA 8.7 MCHC 340 PHOSPHORUS 1.0 RETICULOCYTE % 0.4 CALCIUM 2.2 RETICULOCYTE 34 CALCIUM 2.2 WBC 4.5 PHOSPHORUS RATIO NEUTROPHILS % 73 MAGNESIUM 0.8 LYMPHOCYTES % 23 SODIUM 151 MONOCYTES % 4 POTASSIUM 5.0 EOSINOPHILS % 0 Na K RATIO 30.2 BASOPHILS % 0 CHLORIDE 107 NEUTROPHILS 3.3 BICARBONATE 24 LYMPHOCYTES 1.0 ANION GAP 25 MONOCYTES 0.2 TOTAL PROTEIN 67 EOSINOPHILS 0.0 ALBULIN 39 BASOPHILS 0.0 GLOBULIN 28 PLATELETS 211 ALBULIN-GLOBULIN 1.4 BLOOD FILM AUTOMATED CBC RATIO EVALUATION ALT 80 0 AST 60 0 CORTICOSTEROID 0 0 INDUCED ALP 0 ALP 48 0 GGT 4 0 BILIRUBIN TOTAL 0 0 CHOLESTEROL 3.3 0 AMYLASE 399 0 L LIPASE 54 0 CREATINE KINASE 288 0 HAEMOLYSIS INDEX MILD HAEMOLYSIS 0 LIPAEMIA INDEX NIL LIPAEMIA 0 Tom the vets comments are no anemia NO infection SDMA kidney enzyme reads still in normal range everything else normal .Tom I know you told me to get advise from the vet but when you question him on some of the readings he gets defensive as if I am questioning his knowledge and all the vets are the same .Now my understanding when comparing your blood profiles is the bloods seem ok the dog is fighting a huge bacterial infection even though the vet says there is no infection .Some readings I found higher then outlined in your blood interpretations are CALCIUM was low TOTAL PROTEIN was high ALBUMIN was high ALT was above the range AST was above the range BILIRUBIN TOTAL was low and finally CREATINE KINASE even though no over the range it looked a little high .TOM I don't want a full analysis of the blood test as I know it takes a lot of time all I want to know is the dog is 20 months old can the dog make a full recovery without loosing any ability or are his liver and kidneys to far damaged that he will not make a full recovery .if you think he can recover can you guide me to what I need to do to get his liver and kidney back to normal THANK YOU STEVE.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Dec 4, 2019 4:58:20 GMT 10
Hi Steve,
Taking it one at a time, as far as an infection is concerned there is no need to worry as the actual cell count looks ok. It’s just if you confuse the percentage with the actual cell count that it looks wrong.
Calcium, yes the dog could do with a calcium supplement in the diet as that is a little lower than preferred.
Total Protein, yes this is a fraction high, but not enough to worry about as this has been bought about by the fact that the liver is still in a recovery phase.
Albumin, yes again a fraction high, again not enough to worry about as the dogs fluid balance system was put under stress by the acidosis and there is still some dehydration to recover from. This will come good over time, and at least the Albumin was not extremely low as that would have been more to worry about.
ALT, yes again a fraction high but this is a waste product caused by damaged liver cells and as I have said the liver is in a recovery phase, and unfortunately this going to take time to fully recover. At the same time liver damage is often caused by any toxicity in the immediate environment. Do have good look at this and make sure not to expose the dog to any kennel cleaning disinfectants, or worst of all any flea killing substances, be it applied to the skin or in tablet form.
AST, yes higher than preferred, but then AST is also produced by damaged muscle tissue, and acidosis if severe enough causes a lot of damage to the skeletal muscle tissue. So again in time as this recovers I expect that reading to go back down to a preferred level.
Bilirubin total being low is again not a problem, it would be more of a concern if it was too high. In fact at least it shows that the kidney function is ok, and that the liver while not a 100% is still doing it’s job.
CK, again yes a little high but again this is a waste product produced by damaged muscle tissue as for AST, and again I expect that to also come down to preferred levels as the dog recovers from the acidosis.
All in all its obvious from the profile that the dog is recovering from a very stressful event, and yes looking at the current blood profile I would expect the dog to make a full recovery, it’s just going to take time and patience.
Cheers,
Tom
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