Diarrhea + fit

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Lynx
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Post   » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:58 am


Let me know if I can copy the pic to the forum/site. It is pretty clear and illustrates the problem.

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:35 pm


Yep. That's exactly what my pigs have. I think, but am not 100% sure that osseous choriostomas and metaplasia are two words for the same problem. I have no idea which term is in vogue, but most of my references state choriostoma.

I've searched and searched. I'll try posting on VSPN (the non-DVM companion site to VIN).

Charybdis

Post   » Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:59 pm


Lynx, yes you can copy it.

Josephine, please let me know if you find anything out. It is progressing far more quickly than I would consider to be normal, worse now than when the eye doctor saw her last Thursday.

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Lynx
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Post   » Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:18 pm


Thanks.
Image

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:26 pm


I'm getting some info hopefully on this eye. We'll see. I've asked some people from the VSPN/VIN boards to comment.

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Lynx
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Post   » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:49 pm


I thought I had seen something similar.

It looks like figure 39-7 on page 426 in the new Quesenberry and Carpenter book - Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery - 2nd Edition. It is identified as:
"Osseous metaplasia of the mesectodermal trabecular meshwork in a guinea pig. White opaque material is present in the iridocorneal angle. (From Brown C, Donnely T: What's your diagnosis? Heterotropic bone in the eyes of a guinea pig, Lab Anim 2002; 31:23-25.)"

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:26 pm


Ahh... I don't have that one yet. I have the old one. Just another book to add to my neverending list. Every couple of years you have to buy the updated and revised version.

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Lynx
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Post   » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:37 pm


They've added a few things but some is the same. Does knowing what it likely is help figuring out how to treat it? Do you have any ideas?

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:41 pm


The eye? That's what we're trying to figure out. From what I've read, there isn't tx, but I don't have any ophtho books or anything that describes the condition in detail. Someone replied to my post after a moderator sent it to VIN, but I'm still waiting for more replies post adding some info asked for in the last message.

Charybdis

Post   » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:38 am


The eye specialist who saw Meg did not mention any treatment at all, except lubricating the eye in case Meg is not able to blink over it anymore (it does bulge somewhat).

I do have a weird question though -- could glucosamine chondroitin possibly cause/contribute to this? How about kidney disease or liver dysfunction?

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Lynx
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Post   » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:23 am


I was trying to find out something online. Maybe I can look later. I seem to remember it being a potential side effect of steriod use (I think they were talking about horses).

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index ... 191503.htm

Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:17 pm


Glucosamine's #1 side effect is gas--especially some brands more than others. Never heard or seen any other side effects documented. I would highly doubt damage to organs.

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