Re: [pyrnet] Help Please!

["Chrissy McConnell" <chrissy_mcconnell@hotmail.com>]

Let me point out, since this isn't the BARF list and I'm sure someone will 
have a fit about chicken bones....raw bones are what's being referred to 
here, not cooked, smoked, etc.

Tracy knows what she's talking about.

Chrissy

>From: "Tracy Bassett" <espinay@bigpond.com>
>Reply-To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Help Please!
>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:03:42 +1100
>
>Nancy, the info below info is forwarded with the permission of my friend
>Belinda who owns Geordie the Viszla mentioned in my previous post.  She
>sends this with the rider that she feeds a natural diet and has done for
>eons, and that Geordie was diagnosed too late for conventional treatment so
>she pursued an alternative path.  Also a note regarding the chewing - in
>discussing it with he last night she reminded me that it can be a fine path
>to walk in the first stages as you want to keep the dogs jaw moving so it
>does not atrophy and lose strength but at the same time not go overboard
>with too much chewing which will promote further inflammation.  I would
>still suggest therefore not going to soft foods too soon, but at the same
>time, harder bones are not the way to go either if the dog is not used to
>them (although softer bones such as chicken necks/wings would probably be 
>an
>option).  Anyway, here is the info:
>
><<Following are some sites re masticatory myositis ( which can be an
>interchangeable term with atrophic myositis)that may be helpful:
>
>1."Canine masticatory muscle disorders
>G. Diane Shelton, DVM, PhD; and George H. Cardinet III, DVM, PhD":
>http://medicine.ucsd.edu/vet_neuromuscular/masticat.pdf
>Please note:you will need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order
>to download this 4 pg. article. To download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
>you can go to this site:http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
>
>2."May 1999 - Most Commonly Asked Questions about Masticatory Muscle
>Myositis"
>http://medicine.ucsd.edu/vet_neuromuscular/case.html#May
>
>3."NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS AFFECTING YOUNG DOGS AND CATS: ABSTRACT  G. 
>DIANE
>SHELTON DVM, PhD"
>http://www.neurovet.org/Shelton1/SheltonAbstract.htm#Shelton1 abstract
>
>4."NEUROMUSCULAR CASE OF THE MONTH - JANUARY 2002
>MASTICATORY MUSCLE MYOSITIS IN A 13 WEEK OLD MALE SALUKI MIX DOG"
>http://medicine.ucsd.edu/vet_neuromuscular/case3.html#January
>
>5.If you go to the following site, College of Veterinary Medicine,
>Cornell University:
>         http://www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp
>and click on Diagnosis, on the following screen for Species select
>Canine and for Diagnosis Keyword type:  masticatory myositis,
>on the following screen you can click on 2 possible diagnosis for more
>information, and in References you can click on  [Web Reference] PubMed
>to enter MEDLINE. In MEDLINE if any of the abstracts are useful you can
>click on Order for info re ordering the journal articles.
>
>6.  Also do a search on pubmed for atrophic myositis or MMM.
>http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
>
>for more information on atrophic myositis or MMM feel free to contact me 
>and
>I will help if I can.
>
>Belinda Mitchell
>dubhruah@goldweb.com.au  >>
>
>Note that Belinda will be overseas this week, so expect a delay in response
>if you write to her.  She would be happy to help and has talked in the past
>with many other people who have dogs with MMM.
>
>Tracy Bassett
>Murrumbateman, Australia
>espinay@bigpond.com

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