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by beetree on 27 June 2012 - 13:06
You can follow my lead, or create your own catagories, I don't care. I just want some statistics for the statistic people to play with. Thanks all for your participation in my quest for your facts.
I'll start with my dog:
Silas. PTS 12/07
AGE: 15 months.
Aggressive Form
WLADQLAD diagnoses, (mine) all elimination tests were done. Including, MRI, spinal tap, tick diseases, all testing per the Dr. Clemmons protocol. (Walks Like A Duck, Quacks Like A Duck=WLADQLAD
Necropsy: NO, but I wish I had.
Especially, I would like a list of posters who have had dogs die recently, from DM this past year. And those that have tested genetically for DM, if they had necropsies done, as well, those results would be very useful.
by melba on 27 June 2012 - 14:06
Bonnie
PTS 9/11
16 yrs old ( had been fighting the good fight for 8 yrs)
Hers was a very slowly advancing DM.
I want to post this to show that it doesn't only affect GSD, or purebreds for that matter.
No official diagnosis.... WLADQLAD
Melissa
by starrchar on 27 June 2012 - 23:06
Who can do a necropsy to determine DM- any vet or is it specialized?
by beetree on 28 June 2012 - 01:06
by hexe on 28 June 2012 - 05:06
This is just a theory on my part, but I suspect that there are varying forms--or varying triggers--of the disease within the breed; how else to explain the disorder causing severe clinical signs in dogs as young as 4 and 5 years of age, while other dogs don't even begin to show any symptoms until they are well into their advanced senior years? Perhaps there's a genetic susceptibility to environmental factors that cause the dog's body to attack the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerves, and in some dogs this isn't activated until they are elderly and their immune system in general is in decline, while other dogs are affected while still young due to an inherent or acquired flaw in their immune defenses?
Re the question of necropsy, any vet can collect the samples necessary to diagnose DM, but the samples will then need to be examined by a pathologist who can identify the tell-tale defects in the myelin; the general practitioner should contact the lab they'll be sending the sample to and obtain detailed instructions as to what samples are needed, and how they should be packaged and shipped.
Sadly, there will likely always be people who will deny that degenerative myelopathy exists in any form, just as there will always be those who ignore allergies, and pancreatic insufficiency, and hypothyroidism, and on, and on, and on...
by darylehret on 28 June 2012 - 05:06
Knowing only whose dog had it isn't all that useful. I'd be interested in seeing pedigrees, and not just a total deathcount.
by hexe on 28 June 2012 - 07:06
by dogshome9 on 28 June 2012 - 09:06
I have worked in the veterinary field since 1986 and I have owned and been associated with GSD's since 1977 and have never seen or heard of a dog with DM.
by beetree on 28 June 2012 - 11:06
Daryl, if any one wants to share the pedigree of their dog that died of DM, I agree, it could be very useful.
by kitkat3478 on 28 June 2012 - 12:06
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