[pyrnet] Ongoing problems with rescue Pyr Zoe

[Shirley McGreal <smcgreal@ippl.org>]

On Friday 27 May we were notified that a heartworm positive Pyr was going 
to be put to sleep that afternoon at the SPCA so we brought her home. She 
is a lovely animal named Zoe. We have had her x-rayed and she was found to 
be at State 2 (of 4) of the heartworm process.

Zoe is the ultimate Velcro dog, but she eats little, we usually have to 
feed her by hand. She is extremely under-weight. We had her blood tested 
yesterday, the blood was tested locally (at the vet's office) but the 
results were disturbing. We plan to do more detailed blood work and would 
appreciate insights on what tests we should get done nest. The parameters 
outside normal range were:

ALT: 100 (top end of normal (10-100)
AMYL 232 (very low, normal is 500-1500)
Cholesterol: 316 (high end of 110-320)
TBIL 0.1 (low end of 0-0.9)
HCT: 30.3 (low, normal 37-55)
HGB: 10.3 (low, normal is 12.18)

We called the vet who saw her the day before she was turned in, the owners 
learned that she had heartworm and infections in both ears and turned her 
in to the SPCA the next day.

We can't get any more history on this dog, the vet called the phone number 
on file and it was disconnected. It is so frustrating.

I'd really appreciate any suggestions on what further tests (blood or 
others) to pursue. We have no history of where she lived her first five 
years, so maybe we should do a Lyme test.

Thank you for any help. By the way, we gave Zoe a treat last Thursday - a 
day at the groomer's and she came home looking gorgeous. Shirley McGreal



Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman
International Primate Protection League
PO Box 766
Summerville, SC 29484, USA
Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988
E-mail - smcgreal@ippl.org, Web: www.ippl.org

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making 
exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne