Hello, Sheena,
I have not had this, but can give you information from "Veterinary
Pediatrics" written by Johnny Hoskins:
"Inflammatory pancreatic disease affecting only the exocrine portion is
extremely uncommon in young dogs and cats (Strombeck and Guilford,
1990). Consequently, inflammatory pancreatic disease, that is, acute
pancreatitis or relapsing pancreatitis that more commonly effects older
dogs and cats, has been rarely identified in dogs and cats younger than
6 months of age. The likely causes of imflammatory pancreatic disease in
the young dog and cat are abdominal trauma and infectious agents.
Abdominal trauma may induce pancreatitis in dogs that are traumatized by
motor vehicles and in cats that have fallen or jumped from high places
(high rise syndrome) (Drazner, 1986). In addition, abdominal surgery
may result in acute pancreatitis due to traumatic injury to the pancreas
(spearing the pancreas with a surgical instrument) or excessive
manipulation of the pancreas.
Infectious agents can occasionally contribute to inflammatory
pancreatic disease. Pancreatic necrosis can be found on postmortem
examination of an occasional dog afflicted with canine parvovirus
infection (Drazner, 1986). It is not known whether the canine parvovirus
is directly cytotoxic to the pancreatic tissue or pancreatitis occurs
secondary to the invasion of enzymes and bacteria of the intestinal
tract into the pancreas"........"Other infectious agents directly
associated with infalmmatory pancreatic disease in the oung dog and cat
would be extremely unusual and most likely a one time
occurence"....<goes on to diagnostic lab tests>............Its treatment
is entirely supportive and is managed in a manner similar to that for
the afflicted older dog or cat".
I hope that this extract from Dr.Hoskin's book is helpful. You and your
pup are in our prayers.
Suze
Sheena Stevens wrote:
>
> Hi List
>
> Hi list
>
> The tricolour bitch puppy who developed a blue eye the day
> after her first vaccination with lepto and DHPPI was 13
> weeks old yesterday. One eye went very blue, but cleared
> quickly, the other went slightly blue and also cleared fast.
>
> However, she subsequently developed cystitis to the extent
> that she was losing bloody tissue. That also cleared up
> quite quickly after seven days of Synulox. But she then
> started to throw up and eventually wouldn't even keep
> fluid down. So Saturday afternoon to the vet, who said
> she could feel a foreign body. On a drip to stabilise her,
> surgery Sunday morning during the course of which they rang
> to say that the lump they felt was in fact an inflamed
> pancreas, her stomach was full of pus and the majority of
> her internal organs were coated like a constipated tongue.
> Vet says this is bacterial pancreatitis ... defeats me.
> Does anyone have any experience of anything like this?
>
> I expect I should have said to let her go, and she's
> certainly a very poorly puppy, but this morning she stood
> up and wagged her tail - although not at me when I went
> in to see her. But she was better this morning than she
> was last night, warmer, cleaner eyes, colder nose, so keep
> your fingers crossed.
>
> I admit without any embarrassment at all that I've crossposted
> this to other lists in the hope that someone might know
> something about it.
>
> Best
>
> Sheena
>
> Sheena Stevens
> Kilnshena Kavaliers
> Devon, UK
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