CANINE IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEMS - Page 1

CANINE IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEMS

by

Fred Lanting (2008)

A comprehensive article on this important subject.
“a must read”
for every dog owner
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http://www.videxgsd.com/canine_immune_system_problems.htm

Interesting article, especially the comment "EPI is fairly common in German Shepherd Dogs of certain bloodlines"

Does anyone know what bloodlines these are? or am I misreading a generic comment that is just suggesting EPI is in certain bloodlines but we don't know which ones yet?

AandA

BUMP

Good article.  I wonder if any one can tell me what tests are out there to do on our dogs if we are thinking of breeding?  I have been told by my vet that it takes 2 recessives to create an EPI dog.  But she also says you can't test the adults with certainty.  I have a very healthy female with fine general blood tests, yet she produced a pup who did become an EPI dog.  She also had owners who fed her crap food, and neglected her, and I eventually rescued the poor dog and placed her in a wonderful home, where she now gets enzymes and lots of love.   My question is that a TLI test did not show a low level of enzyme in my female, so is there another way to test adults?

I know about Thyroid testing.  Hips and Elbows, of course.

What else can I test my adults for, and ask Stud owners if they have tested??

thank you, Sharon

There isn't a "test" for it yet.   There is a research going on right now at TAMU to help us find one!  http://www.epi4dogs.com/ and http://www.epi-research-fund.com/

I knew of a dog who apparently ended up w/EPI after a spay and full vaccination....the dog was fine before and was already 3 years old.  Many auto-immune problems also are caused by vaccinosis and other stresses to the system like surgeries, etc. It's not accurate to deem all of these issues hereditary in nature. Like hips and elbows, many are caused by environmental circumstances.

BRADY BEE where are you ? this is your subject!!!!  liz