we have seen many cases of anorexia in dogs when the owner is absent and I think that is related with the bond that he misses.
Feline OCD can lead to anorexia due to hair ball formation inside the gut.
Toy breeds can be anorexic if they miss their owners. Sometimes they also simply demand alteration in the diet, i have seen many dogs becoming anorexic for days after being fed chicken, and recover miraculously when given chicken again. if the dog is active, energetic and not having fever i normally ignore anorexia for a couple of days
Swarupmay MajumdarEnrofloxacin can cause blindness in cats, gentamicin not a very good choice in many cases and post littering, clindamycin -very hepatotoxic and of limited use, cephadex used sporadicly .. but Amoxyclav is preferable above anything as antibiotics for cats. Can someone from our vet friends ,please, tell us how to chose a...n antibiotics for cat? I feel I need some suggestions
i choose an antibiotic based on the hydration status of the patient. if the patient is well hydrated i prefer genta or amikacin. Ii use ceftriaxone when the owner can come only once a day. for oral use i prefer amoxy-clav
sulpha tmp give excellent results fo enteric and resp. Especially if have coccidia along with it. oral sulpha giver very little diarrhoea etc. very good drug becareful when administer iv in cats causes salivation and never mix with beplex it ppts
If there is no entropion; if a case of chronic conjunctivitis as in herpes infection can attempt to treat with ab and steroid oint. after r/o an ulcer; u coud also try to flush the duct; if the cat is not bothered other wise it might be just normal given the breed
Sumit VirmaniFemale Lab 2.5 yrs, 2nd parity, one month back. Owner calls with Sx of teat swelling.
Temp. 104, animal active, 1st right mammary gland is hard ?? & swollen, hot and painful to touch; thick discharge on squeezing (the discharge swabbed & sent for CST); Other glands normal & milk ?? can be sqeezed from other glands; LNs... not enlarged.
Rx: Inj Novaclox 500 mg, Inj Melonex plus 1 ml, Inj Avil 1 ml, Inj Tribivet 1 ml : All I/m route. Applied povidone iodine on all the teats and surrounding areas. Treatment repeated in the morning. Awaiting CST results.
Thinking of adding intramammary preparation & fluid therapy to Rx regimen .
Q 1 : Is it a long standing case or neglect / ignorance of the owner, or is it normal for the mammary gland to achieve considerable degree (I'd rate it 3 on a scale of 5) of hardness & swelling within 2 days (as per owner).
Q2 : Any suggestions / comments on the line of treatment being followed.
sumit, its looks like a case of Mastitis to me. may be related to pseudopregnency or mamary tumors. Use ceftriaxone IV as antibiotics. Apply lemon juice mixed in Castor oil over the teats to reduce pain and swellings.it works. Milk squeezing can help but not again and again as milking reflex will make more secretions. Some people in our native actauly use a masoordal paste on the teats and nipple to reduce such pain and swellings of mammae.
Thanks, Dr Ashwin & Dr. Majumdar.
I shifted to Cefstan 500 mg yesterday. Have advised the owner for hot fomentation on & around the affected area. But even though the animal appears to be alert, its the enduration that's bothering me (to some extent) & the owner (to a great extent).
canine normal T4=20-52nmol/L or 15-40ng/ml
T3=1.2-3.1nmol/L or 0.8-2ng/ml
t4 is more reliable than t3.T3 is usually normal in even Hypothyrd dogs but T4 usually below normal.Actually to tell the truth,Free T4 is best indiactive ,its just 1/10 of t4.
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all human lab methods are inaccurate for veterinary purose, so better to treat hypothyroidism based on clinincal signs than wait for inaccurate lab reports.
The values seem to be similar to that of horses (T4=20, T3=1). What i remember is that T3 is produced in the pheripheral systems like the muscles particularly in horses( I do not know about dogs though). So in horses T4 could be potentially more useful. But i agree with Swarupmay that normally lab tests for these conditions are least useful because these values has not been validated properly for each disease condition. The lab results can be just guidelines...
JUst to make a point the reference should come from the veterinary lab. Please note t3, t4 and tsh are species specific and the only canine associated lab is the metropolis group in mumbai who do it!
Swarupmay MajumdarCat-5 month female , not in heat, brought with history of silently sitting in one place and not taking food since morning. Temp: 106.2*f, Ln-not enlarged, no oral ulcerations
vaccinations update ,dewroming regularly, fleas notied.
TDX: Viral fever?
Tx: RL iv 100ml, Melonex iv , adv syp Augumentin 2.5 ml bid. any suggestions?
not done, there was no other signs except for higher temp. temp as on yesterday (3rd day) was 104.1*f. we have stopped melonex on 2nd day for fear of renal failure as he stopped urination and put her on iV RL sc+ IV, no steroids as of now, she is eating food. antibiotics: Amoxy clav
@padma: I used Iv+ sc as the cat was not very co operative after a 100 ml of drips. sc drips was a better options. Its just what I did and wrote ditto.
Viju Vijayan1.5 year old female rottweiler dog, wt 40kg, limb edema since last 2 months.unilateral purulent occular discharge. vaccination and deworming regular. food intake normal.
wet film examination microfilaria ++. blood smear- no blood parasites detected.
Tx ivermectin, lasix.
no improvement even aftr 2 weeks of treatment.
Tx- ...OTC, magsulph glycerine.
x ray- no bone pathologies,
enlargement of popleteal lymph nodes
hemogram-
rbc-2.9
wbc-24500/cmm
platelet-299000/cmm
n-80%, L-20%,Hb- 8.7, PCV- 28%
today again came no improvement.
could the case be Pythiosis coz earlier we got a similar case that responded to itraconazole treatment.
began itroconazole tx
interesting case,please keep updating doc.
use some other antibiotic also. why not try DEC? avl in tablets for phylariasis.
I think Lymphnode enlargements are mostly due to localizeed reasons.
Sorry for my ignorance but what is DEC
was the edema localized to only that limb;
Also he seems so anemic with that RBC coount any other pathology noted on the smear; were you able to get a chemistry or profile done; what was his albumin or TP if so
@padma yes the edems was localised on that limb.
@swarupmay doc, the draining tracts on the edematous leg disappeared after itraconazole treatment, still continuing with it, the disappearence of draining tracts , i thik is supporting pythiosis as the culprit
viju, why did u choose itraconazole over fluconazole or ketoconazole, itra is very costly for long duration treatment which any fungal ailment normally is?? please tell me why u preferred itra? did you choose it because of the more convinient dosage regime of 5mg/kg/day?/
any history of colitis, pythiosis is also associated with LI signs? U should have done a culture as systemic mycosis cases are not so reported in INdia and it would have been reslly helpful. What could have been the source of the infection? Zoonoses?
not sure abt the reason. pythiosis occurs in 2 forms the GI form as well as the cutaneous form
. i think it might be the cutaneous form, as, so far the animal is responding to the Tx
the animal responded well to the tx.
the edema subsided. but unfortunately died yesterday, respiratory trouble. i thik it would have been the consequence of the systemic form that might have been present. any comments or suggestions
not sure. the owner didnt turn up. might be organ failure, but it had respiratory trouble and i thought it might be because of the disseminated nature of the disease, i mean systemic affections..
Feline OCD can lead to anorexia due to hair ball formation inside the gut.