One of our Partners, Chris Bishop is working hard in preventing Foot and mouth reaching our shores and our other vets have all been involved in answering questions, setting up protocols, and checking suspect cases. These measures have stretched our resources and we apologise for any inconvenience that you may have incurred. This stands for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition of thickening and hardening of the heart wall which develops slowly over a period of time. There is little to see or report except premature 'sloathsomeness' in your cat. Once the more serious symptoms of rapid, difficult breathing, develop, help is too late.
Diagnosis is by radiograph and or ultrasound scan.
The good news is that there is a new drug called HyperCard that helps reduce the damage and will definitely prolong life expectancy. And for our Horse Clients 'Cushing's disease' is a condition of the middle aged or older horse cause, in most cases, by a benign tumour of the pituitary gland of the brain, that results in overproduction of the bodies own, natural, corticosteroids. The horse becomes lethargic, drinks and sweats a lot and develops a heavy, often curly coat. Celance' has produced good results in several cases. When scientific data is available we will review this natural remedy.