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----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: Blastomycosis - HELP > My five year old Berner Baran was just diagnosed with Blastomycosis. It has > manifested itself in his mouth. He has had 6 upper teeth pulled including > one of his big canines. The bone was compromised around those teeth. Has > anyone had experience with this disease and were you able to get it under > control? My vet only sees one or two cases a year. He is being put on > Itraconazole (also used in humans for nail fungus) and costs a fortune. That > isn't a complaint as much as an extra bonus with this disease. And they > don't make a low cost animal version - I have to pick it up at the drug > store. The vet originally was afraid it might be some type of cancer. He > says even though it isn't cancer, he's still not out of the woods yet because > this can be hard to cure. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks. > Mike Dimitroff > Wayne, IL >
