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Raw and Blood Tests
I was just wondering how often all you other raw feeders out there get blood work done on your dogs/cats? I read somewhere that you should have them done right when you start feeding raw (as a benchmark to measure the following ones against) and then once a year after that. Does that sound about right? We had blood work done on Barkley shortly after we switched him to raw and they came back great....sodium level was a tad low, but nothing to worry about according to our vet.
Should we just wait until next year to have the next blood test done or do all of you do it more frequently than that? While on the topic of bloodwork, can they do the titers at that time or is that a whole other test? I'm not too familiar with the titers because we haven't had them done yet. Is it just a blood test as well?
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When we were rawing, I started with a baseline then followed up yearly with a full panel and chem screen.
Titers are little more complicated as the timing of each test very much depends on the age of your dog and what you are testing. I would suggest you go over this with your holistic Vet. |
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Thanks mummummum. I did check with our holistic vet, but just as different vets have different opinions as to when and how much to vaccinate, I just wanted to get some other people's opinions and hear how they do things with respect to blood tests...just to compare.
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we got a few blood-tests done along the road, mostly before a medical procedure (maika's spay, and dakotah's tooth surgery, for example) and everything is right on the dot so we'll probably hold off on any more for a year or two.
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Thank you Techno and Mummummum. That's all the info I needed
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