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Welcome to all our new members, please introduce yourselves and tell us about your dogs. We are not a busy group, but we are friendly and supportive. Thank you...
I heard recently that research is being considered into the relationship between Ivermectin and MVD and SM and other possibly genetic disorders in canines....
Hi Rod, this is not a drug I have heard of in the UK, but understand from Google that its used to treat malaria in humans. Fortunately, we do not have...
Anita: I understand that it is not used to treat dogs in the UK but may be used on livestock for parasites. The problem with it being found in dogs' brains is...
What do members think of this which has been highlighted on the Cavalier Club UK site. I personally favour echocardiography as a way forward, this can only...
Here is a list of MVD papers and journal articles published this year. They focus primarily on management of the disease. Also, I am including an item about...
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Compared to auscultation, which is a fancy name for listening to the heart through a stethoscope, echocardiography is much more accurate and much more...
Is there a relationship between how much leakage and backflow one would expect to see with echocardiography and what grade murmur a cardiologist rated the dog...
I have found that the cardiologists first will listen to the murmur with a stethoscope and determine the grade of the murmur. Then, if they decide to use the...
Hi Rod and Carolyn too, this is what happened to Ellie in her case the
leakage was greater than what could be heard on the stethoscope. Her
medication was...
Anita, I agree that echocardiography is more accurate and therefore often a better procedure for diagnosing the degree of MVD for treatment purposes. But I...
The Cavalier that prompted my question had the following (all within a short period of time) General vet 1 -- dog has a low grade murmur Cardiologist -- dog is...
Carolyn: Depending upon how much is a "small amount of leakage", I am told that the echocardiographs will pick up a small amount of leakage in almost any...
Thank you for your response. I do wonder if general vets sometimes "find" things that are not there, because they expect them to be. Over five years ago, our...
I have a Cavalier who will be seven in October. Our general vet listened to her heart very carefully and for some considerable time when she had her annual...
Hi List! I just found this list thru Darcy's blog and must say I am very pleased to have a list for MVD. We have been testing since late in 1992. It is...
Hi Janine, I would agree with you in thinking if your vet says she was "fine" nothing abnormal has been detected on that visit. Having had dogs myself who had...
Hi Hilarie, Darcy's blog is brilliant and we are very grateful that we can link to Darcy's site. I agree many regular vets cannot hear murmurs below a Grade...
Hi Hilarie, My interpretation (could be mistaken) is that the doppler at age 5 would mean a new definition of "clear". Flow murmurs would be ok, so some who ...
I was not aware that flow murmurs were being mis-diagnosed as MVD murmurs by auscultation. I thought cardiologists could tell the difference. The real problem...
... Actually, misdiagnosis of flow murmurs even by the best of cardiologists is not at all unheard of. Most of the situations that I have heard of involve...
Dr. Jens Häggström, a notable cardiologist in Sweden, wrote in a recently presented paper to the 2006 North American Veterinary Conference that: "[Cavaliers]...
I'm new to the group, My baby (Cavalier) has had heart disease (mitral valve, tricuspid valve) for about a year or so and it's gotten worse. I saw this group...
PS- I go by Sherry, but real name is Cheryl. Sherry has been my nick name for years so I prefer to go by that. Thanks- Sherry Cheryl <indychat1@...>...
Hi Sherry and welcome to the group, we have a lot of people here who know what its like to care for Cavaliers with heart disease. So please feel free to ask...
Hi Anita: Mosquitoes transmit heartworm in dogs. I live in New Jersey where mosquitoes are very widespread in the warmer months. Ivermectin is given under...
... I would hate to ... Yes, I would also like to know more. I am not sure when Heartguard (first heartworm product containing ivermectin) came into use, but...
Ivermectin administered to dogs for heartworm is not the problem. Those doses are miniscule and controlled. The study which I wrote about (and which only is...
Hi Rod - Thanks for the additional information. I know that there has been concern about insect populations (especially beetles that live in and help break...
