Basenji Breed Predisposition and Genetically Inherited Disorders
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Hi Basenji lovers:
My Basenji is a stray dog. We have him for 3.5 years. He is the best dog in the world! He is estimated at 8 year old.
But now, he is not feeling good. He has a tremedous pain some where between the neck to the tailbase. We have brought him to the vet several times and then the specialties. After X-rays, MRI, X-rays, the neurologist excluded the disk issue and suspected that he has some kind of tumor growing between shoulder blades and verterbrade. There is a very small chance that that lesion he saw was due to the infection.
The operation is dangerous, not talking about expensive. He may end up paralyzed. We decided to treat him as infection in hope that is the reason.
He was a very active dog just two weeks ago. Now he walked with very arched back and very slow. He can't bend his neck to pick up food from floor. He has pain when he tries to sit down. He feels pain as I touch his sides next to his middle spine.
He is on pain killer, antibiotics and steroids for three days. His pain seems a little bit better but I think he is adapted to how to sit and sleep besides the pain killer.
He is such a sweet dog. I don't know what to do. I don't want him to suffer but I don't want him go without trying everything else. Now he is really suffering. He is only 8, if the estimate was right.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Banjo
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doggie actupuncture. sp sorry I don't know the correct spelling.
it does work, its expensive but does give relief.
If you can find someone to come to your home, its better for the dogs.
Hugs re this issue.
Its can be a hard one to treat.
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Accupuncture and or Chiropractic will relieve a lot of the pain and pressure.
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I'm so sorry your baby is going through such pain, and I hope his suffering is relieved soon, but I've got to ask the other posters:
Granted, I have not done much research regarding acupuncture or chiropractic methods, but with all due respect, how can either acupuncture or chiropractic methods relieve the pain that may be due to a tumor that is causing the pain? I can see how chiropractic methods could work for stuff that is out of alignment due to physical activity or inactivity. (No comment on acupuncture as I have no idea how it works.) If the alleged tumor is pressing on nerves, how do either of those practices stop the tumor from "working" those nerves?
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Granted, I have not done much research regarding acupuncture or chiropractic methods, but with all due respect, how can either acupuncture or chiropractic methods relieve the pain that may be due to a tumor that is causing the pain?
Good question.
Acupunture can relieve pain through stimulating pressure points and this is something that I would recommend looking into.
If a tumor is pressing on vertebra, it could knock them out of alignment. A chirpopractor could possibly help with this.
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I would assume that someone who had a dog hurting like this would have had a simple x ray to show spine/neck allignment .
That would show something other than nerve issues.
I guess I was assuming that was done.
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Just out of curiosity can someone tell me how the Fanconi Syndrome appeared in the Basenji breed. Is it b/c the breed had such a small gene pool? Also when was it discovered in the basenji? and are they trying to open up the stud books again b/c of these health problems? It might be stupid questions but just thought i'd ask. Thanx to anyone who reply's.
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It is unclear the origin of Fanconi Syndrome as prior to the internt - keeping track of the health issues was just not as easy as it is now. There is a school of thought that it might have been originially a mutated gene perhaps from environmental toxins. I don't know as anyone has ever been able to know that for sure - if there ever is a genetic marker - that answer may come out of the research related to that.
I would also say that the gene pool being limited to start with and then further limited when some other diseases showed up (HA & PRA for example). When those were identified there was no knowledge that HA could be so easily bred around and PRA was mis-or over - identified in the beginning because of the basenji hyper-reflective eye that LOOKS like PRA but is not. A large number of dogs was eliminated from the gene pool because of that. Now that we have a bigger knowledge base and testing and protocols for these, fanconi's and other health issues, we can look at the individual African dogs with knowledge of their actual health rather than in the earlier imports just assuming that if they are from African they are healthier.
With the combination of turmoil and war in Africa as well as previously isolated areas now being more accessiblt - it is important to acquire additional genetics while they are still largely not influenced by other dog breeds. We can now do this with some knowledge and science to make sure we are not adding the same things we are trying to avoid.
Obviously others have their opinions or fine points but this is the general overview.
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Just out of curiosity can someone tell me how the Fanconi Syndrome appeared in the Basenji breed. Is it b/c the breed had such a small gene pool? Also when was it discovered in the basenji? and are they trying to open up the stud books again b/c of these health problems? It might be stupid questions but just thought i'd ask. Thanx to anyone who reply's.
The reasons for opening the stud book are given in BCOA's proposal to AKC which can be viewed at, http://www.basenji.org/NativeStock/Application/BasenjiStudbookPetition.pdf
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Opening up the stud book can only help b's in the future.
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Opening up the stud book can only help b's in the future.
IMO.I think that depends… while there are some very nice newly imported dogs that should be admitted, there are as many "nice village dogs" that some people would like to push to be admitted. So the key is the evaluation of these dogs.... before they are considered acceptable.
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Pat, I thought the BCOA was going to approve the b's that are going to be added…and other folks will just do what they want to with the village dogs...am I wrong?
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Pat, I thought the BCOA was going to approve the b's that are going to be added…and other folks will just do what they want to with the village dogs...am I wrong?
BCOA has a panel to "judge" the dogs on their merit.. and then if they receive a certain rating it will be up to the membership to vote them in…
My point was that there are people out there with "village dogs" and even plans to bring more in... that would like to try and get them into the stud books... if they do or don't.... isn't the question, in my mind, it is the fact that any old dog with a curly tail should be considered....
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Some of the links to the info sites are no longer available. Are there any sites other than the basenji.org one?
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listed disorders for which there is a general consensus among those investigating in this field and among veterinary practitioners, that the condition is significant in this breed. Where the mode of inheritance is known, this information is included on the linked disease
