Tritrichomonas foetus

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:54:18 GMT

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="StephB"]

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

Think he has EPI.

T.foetus negative

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Oh no! What was his TLI value after fasting? Also what sort of sample did you send off to Langford and how long before you sent it to them after you took the sample? I still would recommend having a crack with a microscope and seeing what you see with a very fresh loop sample in saline.

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I rarely do microscopy on faecal samples so it's off to the lab as I wouldn't be able to confidently identify anything. faecal microscopy is not my area of expertise

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Have you got your TLI results for him to confirm the EPI? If so fair enough but if not why not try it? you can search on the internet for photos of what TF looks like, pop it on a slide, smear or pool, dye etc and have a peek. Have a personal experiment for his sake :) the fresher the sample the better with TF. you risk having false results as soon as you say send off... isn't your vet lab savvy? I'm sure someone with a bit more experience than I could walk you through it. If you find something you THINK might be TF then you can just do another sample, maybe a different way, there are a few types of sampling for TF. Some are listed in that paper I sent you. Then speak to Langford about sending a TF specific sample. I would hate to rule it out so fast as EPI is a tough one for long term treatment :(

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Claire Cameron — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:17:06 GMT

[quote user="StephB"]

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

Think he has EPI.

T.foetus negative

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I rarely do microscopy on faecal samples so it's off to the lab as I wouldn't be able to confidently identify anything. faecal microscopy is not my area of expertise

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:03:30 GMT

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

Think he has EPI.

T.foetus negative

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Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Claire Cameron — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:39:47 GMT

Think he has EPI.

T.foetus negative

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:05:35 GMT

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="StephB"]

Did you try the 3 day Panacur treatment to rule out Giardia??

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Yep, 5 day treatment for T.Foetus also. and a secondary course running now.

Haven't looked at faeces under scope as T.Foetus is only visible under 200x and ours isn't strong enough. and I'd prefer a lab to look as they're experts whereas I rarely look at faeces under the microscope.

[quote user="StephB"]would you like some interesting literature?[/quote]

What on?

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that's odd i thought it was best found at 100X

I will email you some interesting lit re TF but it's from 2007 so i'm sure some of the stuff might be a little dated. but there is still some good info.

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Claire Cameron — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:43:47 GMT

[quote user="StephB"]

Did you try the 3 day Panacur treatment to rule out Giardia??

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Yep, 5 day treatment for T.Foetus also. and a secondary course running now.

[quote user="StephB"]would you like some interesting literature?[/quote]

What on?

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:19:47 GMT

Also have you tried a raw or wheat/grain/gluten free diet?

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:17:34 GMT

Did you try the 3 day Panacur treatment to rule out Giardia?? did you look at any of the feces yourself under the scope? would you like some interesting literature?

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Claire Cameron — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:27:01 GMT

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="StephB"]

sh*t! ... :(

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literally!!! sorry Claire couldnt resist that!,

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hehe

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]one of our nurses just rehomed a ragdoll which has had recurrent tritrich infections, they seem to have got her settled now and she did respond to ronidazole tx[/quote]

I rehomed him as he had diarrhoea and previous o couldn't cope. He's not responding to anything at present and passing faeces over 20 times a day, starved him for 24hours tried sensitivity, no luck and then tried hypoallergenic incase intolerance but last night he'd passed 10 x mucoid haemorrhagic faeces

PCR sent to Langford so if positive we'll try ronidazole

He's so bright at the minute. I'm keeping him in a dog crate at the minute to isolate him from the others and so I know he is only eating ONE type of food, which he hates bless him but its for his own good

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Steph Phillips — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:45:14 GMT

aww noo!! hope he gets better asap hun x

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Steph Worsley — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:32:52 GMT

[quote user="StephB"]

sh*t! ... :(

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literally!!! sorry Claire couldnt resist that!, one of our nurses just rehomed a ragdoll which has had recurrent tritrich infections, they seem to have got her settled now and she did respond to ronidazole tx

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:21 GMT

sh*t! ... :(

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Claire Cameron — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:04:05 GMT

[quote user="StephB"]if you have one you have two to treat[/quote]

I have 5 cats!

[quote user="StephB"]but it's very easily treated with Ronidazole :)[/quote]

Just waiting for confirmation by results. Currently living in a pig sty as he is passing diarrhoea >20times a day, it's hourly. Poor little man

Re: Tritrichomonas foetus

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:25:56 GMT

damn, if you have one you have two to treat! but it's very easily treated with Ronidazole :)