RE: BMDs & Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

2003-01-30 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Fred and Helen, My eight year old girl Lily was diagnosed with eosinophilic gastroenteritis after a bout of e-coli plus 3 following a raw chicken back (no flames here I was trying a BARF thing and learned very quickly that a dog suffering from immune mediated disease does not need raw chicken in

Re: BMDs & Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

2003-01-30 Thread BernerFolk
Hi Fred, I'm not a vet but everything you've described sounds very much like a severe case of "the gulps". You'll find lots of information on this in the Berner-L archives, just do a search on "Gulps". I haven't done the diagnostics that you have, but I have an 11 y.o. bitch who's prone to al

BMDs & Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

2003-01-29 Thread Fred Salevsky
Greetings from Montreal. Our 7 1/2 yr. BMD, Mick, had a bad holiday season: gas, lip smacking, frequent (& difficult?) swallowing, occasional cough, excessive saliva, slow eating (Kibble) and a slowly progressing lethargy. All the symptoms, except the lethargy, seemed to be episodic tho