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April 6th, 2015, 09:36 AM
#11
How fast do you have to catch it to treat it with doxycyline?
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April 6th, 2015 09:36 AM
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April 6th, 2015, 01:50 PM
#12
within 72 hours for people but for dogs see below:
( edited due to incorrect info)
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/wha...ond-the-basics
Last edited by Sharon; April 6th, 2015 at 03:42 PM.
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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April 6th, 2015, 01:52 PM
#13
Thanks Sharon...good link/info. !!
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April 6th, 2015, 01:55 PM
#14
Thank you Sharon. So how does a vet go about treating a dog that comes up Lyme positive but was bitten longer than 72 hours ago?
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April 6th, 2015, 03:07 PM
#15
Originally Posted by
last5oh_302
Thank you Sharon. So how does a vet go about treating a dog that comes up Lyme positive but was bitten longer than 72 hours ago?
doxy for 2-4 weeks or longer
"The dog is Small Munsterlander, the gun is Beretta."
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" A. Saint-Exupery.
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April 6th, 2015, 03:11 PM
#16
Originally Posted by
vom Dufenshmirtz
doxy for 2-4 weeks or longer
Thank you. I'll be seeing the vet soon enough anyway for spring check up, which reminds me, I haven't received a notice from the vet yet. I usually start the meds in May.
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April 6th, 2015, 03:33 PM
#17
Originally Posted by
last5oh_302
Thank you Sharon. So how does a vet go about treating a dog that comes up Lyme positive but was bitten longer than 72 hours ago?
I think the 72 hrs is in ref to 'people' being treated after being bit...
Most dogs don't get tested and treated till till after symptoms appear.
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April 6th, 2015, 03:41 PM
#18
and from what I read , many/most dogs test positive anyway and you don't even know it unless symptoms appear.
"In Lyme-endemic areas of the country, veterinarians test regularly for the disease even in healthy dogs. And what they are finding is that a large percentage of dogs are seropositive, meaning they have the Lyme-related antibodies in their blood from exposure to the disease. However, they have no clinical symptoms of infection." quote
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites...ly-benign.aspx
Last edited by Sharon; April 6th, 2015 at 03:43 PM.
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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April 6th, 2015, 03:43 PM
#19
Originally Posted by
Sharon
"In Lyme-endemic areas of the country, veterinarians test regularly for the disease even in healthy dogs. And what they are finding is that a large percentage of dogs are seropositive, meaning they have the Lyme-related antibodies in their blood from exposure to the disease. However, they have no clinical symptoms of infection."
That happened to my Great Dane ...cost me $125 for the treatment and still tested positive after, so that is what they concluded.
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April 6th, 2015, 04:01 PM
#20
14 days on doxy for dog and people, done that for both.....100mg, same pill.
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