Hi Melva: You wrote: "... and she found ulcers on the top of her throat(soft palate area). She did blood work and it was perfect. The girl had very little swelling of the lymph glands but not a lot. She seems in perfect health except for these ulcers."
It sounds to me like Ulcerative Eosinophilic Stomatitis. This means that tissue is ulcerated and infiltrated with cells called eosinophils (a white blood cell that normally move into areas of inflammation, possibily due to an allergic reaction to a parasite.) There is no evidence of a genetic base for this disorder and is very difficult to find a cause or cure for. Cases may or may not resolve on their own without treatment and conversely, may or may not respond to treatment with corticosteriods (prednisone). Cats suffer a similar disorder called eosinophilic granuloma (believed to be immune-mediated). I'm not positive, but if you check our Canadian Club Health Articles, I believe we have our Health Committee Report on this subject posted there. Address is: http://www.candog.com/cavaliers/. Also - our Quotes newsletters did provide an article on this subject, authored by Dr. Daniel Joffe. He referred to his article being published in the January/February 1995 Volume 31 of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. The only personal experience I have had with this was when I was a foster home for a rescue cavalier a few years ago (Simon). Pat Barrington - Barrington Cavaliers (Southern Ontario-Canada) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
