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Although congenital megaesophagus is exceedingly rare in Deerhounds, here is some recent research that may be helpful with any future cases.
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Interesting Links
Some more information on diet-related DCM.
An article that beautifully explains why health testing should not be used to eliminate dogs from the gene pool:
http://caninechronicle.com/current-articles/health-testing-education-or-elimination/
A helpful article from the Irish Wolfhound Club of America web site on how to deal with those messy tail injuries that just won’t heal:
Below are 11 selected journal article abstracts on bloat/GDV, gleaned from the last few years of published articles, that might be of interest. Many, many thanks to Corinne Dulberg for compiling this.
Valve disease (which is different from cardiomyopathy) is seen in older Deerhounds, as well as many other purebred and mixed-breed dogs. It turns out that a drug we already use for cardiomyopathy also works well on dogs with valve disease.
Interesting study coming out of Penn on pain management for dogs with osteo:
Animal CPR for pet owners: