Babeosis

[Varma30]

Hi friends.. I have a 7 year old golden retriever who is currently suffering from a parasite attack ' babeosis'. This is basically transferred by an infected tick and then later starts destroyin the red blood cells thus killing the immunity.My dog has just gone down and has become really weak in just a span of 48 hrs, not able to move either. Doctor said since this not a common disease in dogs we dont have any vaccine yet to fight the parasite. The only option is blood transfusion..
please advise if you aware of any other options..

[merceditas]

The parasite is in the blood, it doesn't affect inmunity since it only attacks red blood cells, but it leads to anemia and this is that's causing his weakness. Blood transfusion is and option but it's a bit complicated since you'll have to change ALL the blood in order to truely eliminate all the parasites and it's not that easy!

Talk to your vet, I know that there are drugs used for this, one of them is Imidocarb dipropionate which kills protozoa (the parasite babesia is a protozoa), but I can't help you more than this because I'm from Argentina and dog babeosis is exotic in here, so I only know treatments for cows haha!

[Misfits4Me]

I'm not real familiar with this other than I know It's a tick disease....However, It's my understanding that Chemo-therapy drugs are used for treatment.......Blood transfusion should be your last option.....

You might "Google" this disease and see what you come up with.....I wish you luck....Maybe someone else can give you more info. than I have......Karla