Lethargic dachshund

RE: Lethargic dachshund

Emily Rainbow — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:54:11 GMT

any pu/pd? Cushings? (playing devils advocate as would aggresively treat as pancreatitis)

RE: Lethargic dachshund

Rob Loxley — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:22:10 GMT

Pancreatitis sounds like a reasonable 1st thought, PLI (snap or in-lab) is not 100% sensitive.
How common is it to see myocarditis?
The other thing of note would be if the dog had adult onset demodex, in my mind there is usually some underlying illness, which might be rearing its head?

RE: Lethargic dachshund

Ashlea — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:49:19 GMT

Thanks for your reply - it was a snap test. I was surprised it came back normal as with the pain and lack of appetite he looks like a pancreatitis dog.

RE: Lethargic dachshund

Anthony Dennison — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:24:51 GMT

Did you do a snapcPLI or a spec? Sometimes the snap tests can come back normal but there is pancreatitis, if I remember correctly it has to be really high to be abnormal.

Your scan will give you a better idea - I think you'll get a lot more information from the abdominal scan than the heart scan. If you don't find anything obvious treat symptomatically as you have been doing; I think pancreatitis would still be quite high up my differentials list.