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Coughing Walker
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:54 pm
by Eric Muff
I've got a 10 yr old Walker that has developed a chronic cough over the past year.Took him to the vet,no heart worms so started Ivermectin treatment.Seemed to help for a bit but now the cough is worse than ever.Does not appear contagious as the rest of the kennel is ok.We did the antibiotics thing too,any thoughts?
cough
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:14 pm
by houndsnmules
Right sided heart problems can cause a cough
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:39 am
by Eric Muff
Ah,finally success!My wife is vet tech and kept working on the problem.
We put him on Prednazone,a steroid,and we are back in business.Things cleared up pretty quickly,5-6 days.There was some belief that we started with Lungworm which is very difficult to treat and that the scar tissue left over is what the problem was.Seems to be working.