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1yr old great dane dieing of jaundice, vomiting,temperature dropping.Billie ruben over 400 and we dont know why.Cant find any toxins she could have ingested and vet is out of ideas do you have any input or theories

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sick since dec 31 vomiting, jaundice (billie ruben over 400)currently on IV fluids and IV antibiotics for about 16 hours.No toxins that we could find that she could have gotten into.Temperature dropping no and kliver failing any suggestions?

Posted by LSU-Vet 323 days and 1 hours ago.

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Thanks for writing in,

Sorry to hear about your girl! I would look into something called leptospirosis, titers can be done to test for this. IT is a bacteria that really affects the liver. You may also want to have an ultrasound and biopsy done of the liver to see what is going on. HOpefully your dog is on iv fluids and antibiotics that are liver friendly. Without real aggressive therapy and diagnostics I'm afraid you may loose your sweet girl. Take care and I hope this helps to give you some direction.

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allready on iv fluids and iv antibiotics they dont seem to be helping looking for something other than pancreatitice, leptospirosis, any ideas at all? I dont think she could make it through a biopsy

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It sounds like they are doing a great job with treatment, have they done an ultrasound? They can do a biopsy without her being anesthetized.

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322 days and 22 hours ago.

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Thank you for your reply unfortunately we had no choice but to put her down.

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Already Tried: sick since dec 31 vomiting, jaundice (billie ruben over 400)currently on IV fluids and IV antibiotics for about 16 hours.No toxins that we could find that she could have gotten into.Temperature dropping no and kliver failing any suggestions?

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allready on iv fluids and iv antibiotics they dont seem to be helping looking for something other than pancreatitice, leptospirosis, any ideas at all? I dont think she could make it through a biopsy

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It sounds like they are doing a great job with treatment, have they done an ultrasound? They can do a biopsy without her being anesthetized.

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Thank you for your reply unfortunately we had no choice but to put her down.

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sick since dec 31 vomiting, jaundice (billie ruben over 400)currently on IV fluids and IV antibiotics for about 16 hours.No toxins that we could find that she could have gotten into.Temperature dropping no and kliver failing any suggestions?