Posts Tagged ‘E-canis’

Licorice’s positive turn-around!

By Amandine • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Already found a home, Licorice

After lots of reassurance from Sarah, Karin, and Ally (as well as others!) who thought that it was still more likely for Licorice to be suffering from e-canis (the SNAP tests can be fallible and give a false negative) than from cancer (both would affect platelet and red blood cell count).
I started Licorice on doxycycline [...]



Licorice’s bloodwork

By Amandine • Aug 12th, 2008 • Category: Already found a home, Licorice

I’m really scared. Although Licorice’s mange had dramatically improved, the stress of the flight had caused her to start loosing some hair again. I therefore opted to put her back on Ivermectin but with no real improvement this time around. Since Licorice’s mange hasn’t gotten much better there was a concern in my mind that [...]



Wolfie’s SNAP test result; + for e-canis

By Amandine • Jul 26th, 2008 • Category: Already found a home, Licorice, Wolfie

As ticks and mosquitos are rampant in Thailand, I recently pulled blood and did a SNAP test on my two adoptees- Wolfie and Licorice. The SNAP test is incredibly easy to use and requires just three drops of blood to test for Heartworm, Ehrlichia, and Lyme disease. Licorice’s was clear! Hurray!
But, surprisingly, my bounce-up-and-down, active [...]