Contact Dr. Orla Mahony. Dietary Protein in Dogs with Compulsive Tail Chasing Tufts Behavior Service is looking for patients to enroll in a new study to evaluate the effects of various levels and types of dietary protein in dogs with compulsive tail chasing. At the end of the dietary phase, we will provide 3 weeks of pharmaceutical treatment which has been effective in some dogs for treating compulsive tail chasing. All of these services will be provided at no charge to the client. The technician will arrange to go to the owner's home 5 times during the duration of the study to collect the blood samples and video record the dog's behavior.
Free diet is provided to the owner for the duration of the study period.
Referring veterinarians will be notified of all test results. We are looking for cats with cardiomyopathy and arterial thromboembolism to participate in a study. This study looks at B vitamin metabolism and hormocystine levels as a predisposing factor for arterial thromboembolism. The study will pay for echocardiography, vitamin analyses and an examination. Additionally, we are reviewing our experience with streptokinase and have had some successes using streptokinase for treatment of cats with acute onset arterial thormbolembolism.