Heather We had a mare we purchased thru the sales that had been a victim of MLS (mare loss syndrome) in Kentucky. This was during the time mares were red bagging and aborting babies late in their pregnancies. They have contributed this to tent caterpillars. Long story short this also can effect their liver and it did our mare. We tried everything for several years and could never get this mare back in foal or back in good health.
A friend had given me some Kombucha to help my digestion and thought if it would help me maybe it would help my mare. We put her on kombucha in her feed. Not a lot but mixed in with her feed and also put her on a lower protein feed. She started digesting better and blossomed. She has since blessed us with two very healthy foals. I also periodically give it to our dogs. I believe I read where kombucha helps to flush the liver but not positive. We start feeding it to our pregnant mares in the last month or so of their pregnancy and it has upped the babies titers tremendously when they get here. I don't know if it would help your dog or not but you might want to check it out. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: Heather King (LCA)<mailto:heather.k...@microsoft.com> To: 'silver-list@eskimo.com'<mailto:'silver-list@eskimo.com'> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:54 AM Subject: CS>Elevated liver enzymes in a dog Hi All, My beloved Andy is a 10 year old double-merle border collie who has recently had his second geriatric blood panel done. I was looking to ease his arthritis with a prescription NSAID, but when the panel came back with all 4 of the enzyme levels high (2 were moderate last year), we couldn't do the anti-inflammatory after all. So, we opted to try a month on Sam-E and Milk Thistle, and the numbers have gone down, but not very much. The vet is recommending an ultrasound & biopsy. So I guess I have a few questions: Does CS do much for the liver? Anyone have a dog whose liver recovered with remedies other than drug therapy? Anything particularly effective? Should I be expecting better results with the Sam-E than I'm getting? (I was told it would help with joint pain and help detox the liver...). He hasn't been diagnosed with Hepatitis; the doc just described it as similar to cirrhosis or weakening. I don't understand that, really... Perhaps I'm hesitant to do the biopsy because I had a dog who was living with cancer diagnosed, but then I opted for the biopsy, which seemed to "awaken" the cancer cells in the tumor so that it exploded in growth and I had to put the dog down much sooner than expected. Not looking to repeat that. And last but not least: any thoughts on a diet that a liver-sick dog will eat? He turns his nose up at nearly everything these days. Frustrating... Thanks for any advice. Heather
