My young dog has gotten bouts of severe diarrhea following 2 very stressful events.. an international move, and then 4 weeks boarding while my husband had surgery and we had to be away at a distant hospital. I believe he has SIBO. This does not present like EPI or IBD, as stress brings it on, and he is normally stable on the Orijen grain-free food he eats. Now, the SIBO is not responding to the metronidizole. He is losing weight
My vet here in Germany says she can NOT get me Tylan powder. Anyone know why there is no Tylan available in Germany? Ideas?
Edit to add: Stool sample already being grown cultures in lab, and blood test to be done tomorrow, but... doesn't matter.. we don't have the Texas A&M test here anyway, so we may not get definitive diagnosis, no matter how obvious SIBO is.
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How long has he been on the Metro? Took my dog 30 days of 2 times daily, then another 30 of 1 every other day...I believe the Metro was 400mg, but can't remember for sure. It was a long time before I saw improvement of symptoms.
Also, adding digestive enzymes and probiotics was incredibly valuable for my girl. It wasn't until I started adding those that the SIBO cleared. She continues to be on them and hasn't had a re-occurrence in over a year.
Is the blood test to check his folate/B12 levels? Also, has he been checked for EPI? (This is what my dog has, albeit a mild case that is easily maintain with a raw diet and supplements...)
UGH-- my German vet does not believe SIBO exists! So, of course, no Tylan-for-6-weeks therapy here. Tylan is not often used here. The vet does not believe or accept that SIBO exists, that some GSDs are geneticly predisposed to a condition causing chronic bouts of diarrhea that can be managed or controlled usually with low dose Tylan powder and a quality probiotic. My dog is getting thinner and thinner, and has had the runs for much too long now. One week of metronidizole did not help. Wish I could get a vet who recognized SIBO exists and would give the supportive 6 weeks Tylan powder & probiotic.
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Did you have a good relationship with your U.S. vet and did he/she ever see your dog for this?
You could try calling him/her and see if you can get a written RX for Tylan and have it sent to you. An online pharmacy probably can't ship overseas but a friend or family member stateside could. It's a longshot but worth trying.
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Probably unrelated, but when I moved to Belgium my 2 pups had a 36+ hour transit incl spending the day in the kennel at JFK, after being boarded with a friend for 6 weeks. When they got here they infected my other 2 dogs who were already here and I spent an entire month cleaning severe green diarhea and vomit out of the kennels. I would get one of them better, then they would get re-infected by another dog. So all 4 dogs ended up on the same anti-vomit meds and antibiotics. No name was given to the diagnosis, but after almost 4 weeks of this mess it finally cleared up.
That is what I went through after an international move. Perhaps unrelated to your situation, but still a strange coincidence.
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UGH-- my German vet does not believe SIBO exists! So, of course, no Tylan-for-6-weeks therapy here. Tylan is not often used here. The vet does not believe or accept that SIBO exists, that some GSDs are geneticly predisposed to a condition causing chronic bouts of diarrhea that can be managed or controlled usually with low dose Tylan powder and a quality probiotic. My dog is getting thinner and thinner, and has had the runs for much too long now. One week of metronidizole did not help. Wish I could get a vet who recognized SIBO exists and would give the supportive 6 weeks Tylan powder & probiotic.
I would change vets asap.
Isn't SIBO something that is diagnosed via endoscopy, or, barring that, serum folate and cobalamin checks?
I am not up on this, but I can look it up and provide you with some authoritative material if you think that your present vet would be receptive. However, "not believing it exists" is a very bad sign, since it's referred to in even very old vet manuals.
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