Introduction & E.coli
Hi my name is Marjan, I'm Dutch but have lived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the past 8 years. I have 5 cats; one which I took from Holland she is now 16, 3 brothers I picked up from the street and another one that ended up in my garden 8 years ago and is now domesticated. also have 5 dogs: a shepherd, 2 street dogs, a dog that is limping and has been in a cage for 4 years and a Rhodesian ridgeback puppy.
I came to this forum as I am looking for an explanation why my dog died or what I could/should have done. My oldest Shepherd Bob died 3 weeks ago. Seemingly nothing seemed really wrong only that he lost appetite on Friday and struggled with his daily walk on Saturday. took him to the vet on Sunday who gave him antibiotics. Tuesday he was admitted and put on a drip as he also stopped drinking on Monday and he kept on vomiting. Thursday he died after heavy diarrhoea ending in blood. Other symptoms were a very high heart rate, enlarged spleen, sediment in the gal bladder and high count of white blood cells.
Post mortum showed he had E.coli. I'm so extremely sad this happened and would like to know what I could have done or how to prevent my other dogs getting this.
Last edited by Marjansipsma; September 20th, 2006 at 12:06 AM.
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