Wesson(Neosporosis) So Stubborn! Coyote wounds now!

I'm so sorry for this news. Hope you can help him. And, thanks for letting us know about this.

What a terrible break for Wesson and your family. 50:50 still gives some hope/chance, though not as good as you'd like I'm sure. I hope the meds can help bring him back from this.

sorry to hear of the news and for you

You noted "for those that feed a raw meat diet", I don't, but I have a question for those that do. Does freezing the meat kill the Neospora caninum protozoa?

I am sorry about your dog. I hope the meds can help him have a better quality of life.

Baymule said:

I have a question for those that do. Does freezing the meat kill the Neospora caninum protozoa?

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http://www.naturalholistic.com/handouts/neospora.htm

Found this - it's old info, but written by a veterinarian.

Thanks for the link!

What steps can be taken to eliminate or limit our pets’ exposure? I am still not convinced that a healthy, holistically cared for pet is the optimal candidate for contracting this parasite. In my discussions with the experts on Neospora, I was led to believe that the treatment of meat to inactivate Toxoplasmosis should also inactivate Neospora. We know that cooking will do this, but it was also interesting to find out that freezing the meat for 24 hours should also kill the organism. The parasitologists were less specific on the use of grapefruit seed extract or food grade hydrogen peroxide to treat the meat. I do, however, feel that this has been effective in dealing with Toxoplasmosis. I base this on the fact that I have never seen or even recall hearing of a case in an animal under good holistic care and being fed a treated, raw food diet. This is not to say it has not and cannot happen but I have yet to see a case.

https://effectivepetwellness.com/product/epm-standard-kit/

Holistic for EPM in horses. May NOT be same protozoa in your dog but, they do have some support options for healing.

@frustratedearthmother Thanks for that link! That was one of the other question I wanted to find out about regarding having to cook the meat. If freezing it kills the neospora that works for me. I was envisioning trying to fit the hind quarter of a deer (minus most of the meat) into the oven....

And that article was correct, neospora isn't new but it was "recently discovered" as being a separate issue that is more often being recognized as itself. (if that makes sense)

I stopped by my local vets to get a weight on him after seeing the chiropractor. Since this all started he has gained 1 lb. I will weigh him again next week and see if, between the treatment and the soft food we have been giving him we can get that weight up. My local vet said it was unlikely he would regain mobility but she will do more research on that. I found an article where in the UK out of 27 cases 10 survived. That is the most promising (only promising) one I have found so far.

Anyway, if we can at least keep it from getting worse, and if I can build his muscle back up then I will still be happy. Even as messed up as he is he is still doing his job pretty well.

Oh, and the most common way they said to get Acute neospora is eating the placenta from infected cattle. OR goats... I am going to talk to my livestock vet to see if they can test my herd. They can get it from raw meat but the most common is the placenta. I don't want more dogs getting sick if my herd has this. My neighbor is pasturing cows on my property and has had over a dozen calves in the last 2 months... I know he has had issues with abortions and still births before so I am hoping my goats don't have this or having a dog that knows how to handle kidding season might not be all that relevant. I would have to separate them...

Very glad I followed this thread silently because we have plan to start a raw meat for dogs so I will definitely have to make sure I check about this.

I am sorry you have gone thru so much trouble