Dear readers,

A new year started off and we wish you happiness, joy and success. May the traditional wishes of “health” really come true.

This year again, we shall try to keep you informed about different and interesting subjects. As a federative organisation, it is essential that our members, the breeders, the judges, the exhibitors be kept updated with the activities organised by the national canine organisations, with the routine that makes their daily work or with the different working championships as we also want to focus on the work, the missions, the functions that our dogs are able to perform.

We shall keep taking time to make you a bit more familiar with our national canine organisations by allocating them a specific space. In the issue you are about to read, we have chosen to highlight our Ecuadorian member, AERCAN.

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Yves De Clercq
FCI Executive Director
Dog Medicine Side Effects in Allergy – Ringworm - Seizures (Epilepsy) - Pain – Dog Worms
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Dog Seizures - Epilepsy

  • Phenobarbital
    Side effects of phenobarbital: sedation, loss of coordination, lethargic, appearance of depression, weight gain, increased thirst, increased eating, excessive urination, difficulty balancing, weakness in the rear legs, and liver damage.
  • Potassium Bromide
    Side effects of potassium bromide are vomiting, depression, lethargy, and extreme drowsiness.
  • Clorazepate
    Side effects of clorazepate are sleepiness and a wobbly gait.
  • Felbamate
    Side effects of felbamate are liver toxicity, and bone marrow suppression.
  • Gabapentin (Neurontin)
    Side effects not known.
  • Levetiracetam (Keppra)
    Side effects of levetiracetam include a stiff wobbly gait, vomiting, and salivation.

Pain

1) Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents (NSAIDs) – Dog arthritis

  • Aspirin
    Aspirin side effects may cause sudden liver failure, kidney damage, life-threatening stomach punctures, lengthen the time that wounds bleed. Aspirin overdose in dogs will result in salicylate poisoning characterised by hemorrhage, severe blood acid-base abnormalities, coma, seizures, and death.
  • Deraxocib - Firocoxib (Prevacox)
    Deracoxib- firocoxib side effects may include diarrhea, vomiting, bloody stools, life-threatening stomach punctures, liver failure, and kidney damage.
  • Etodolac (Etogesic)
    Etodolac side effects: diarrhea, vomiting, or mopyness and inactivity, vomiting, intestinal bleeding, weight loss, liver failure, kidney damage, and life-threatening stomach punctures.
  • Ibuprofen
    Ibuprofen side effects: vomiting, diarrhea, gastro-intestinal bleeding, kidney infection, and ulcers of the stomach.
  • Meclofenaminic acid
    Arquel side effects: vomiting, diarrhea, lack of appetite, bloody stool, black tarry stool, ulcers in the stomach or small intestines, depression, fever, behaviour changes, fast breathing, edema, inability to control urine, irreversible anemia, life-threatening stomach punctures, liver failure, and kidney damage.
  • Meloxicam (Metacam)
    Meloxicam side effects may cause sudden liver failure, kidney damage, and life-threatening stomach punctures.
  • Phenylbutazone
    Phenylbutazone side effects: ulceration and bleeding of the stomach, liver damage, ulceration and bleeding of the intestines, life-threatening stomach punctures, kidney damage, and anemia.
  • Carprofen (Rimadyl)
    Carprofen side effects cause liver damage, kidney damage, and most side effects of the NSAIDs.
  • Vedaprofen (Quadrisol)
    Side effects of vedaprofen as present with all NSAIDs.
  • Tepoxalin (Zubrin)
    Tepoxalin side effects are the same as carprofen.
  • Tylenol (Acetaminophen)
    Tylenol side effects: depression, vomiting, and anemia.
  • Robaxin (Methocarbamol)
    Robaxin side effects include mopyness and inactivity, the appearance of being sedated, and a darker urine colour.

2) Corticosteroids

  • The uses that prednisone and dexamethazone have been prescribed for are diverse: Treatment of excessive itching, alleviation of asthma and other allergies, managing emergencies like injuries to the spinal chord, controlling rejections during organ transplants, treating kidney disorders. Prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethazone suppress the immune system and therefore have been used to treat auto-immune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and kidney diseases.
    Side effects of corticosteroids : see allergy.

3) Opiate Narcotics (Opiates, Opioids)

  • Fentanyl (Duragesic, Sublimaze)
    Fentanyl side effects: excitement or lethargy, poor appetite, low body temperature, vomiting, highly addictive, and hypoventilation.

    ATake care! Off label use with demerol, meperidine, morphine, buprenorphine (Temgesic, Vetergesic, Buprenex), oxymorphone (Numorphan), Buspirone (Buspar) (treatment of phobias, behaviour problems and disorders and for dog anxiety).

    Buprenorphine and oxymorphone side effects are a slow heart rate, vomiting, defecation, anxiety, widening of the dog's blood vessels, low blood pressure, and hypoventilation.

    Buspirone side effects include increased friendliness and increased playfulness, increased agitation, and increased assertiveness and aggression, vomiting, drowsiness, dizziness, and disorientation.

4) Alpha-2 Blockers

  • Medetomidine hydrochloride (Domitor)
    Side effects of medetomidine are a slow heart rate.
  • Xylazine (Rompun, Gemini, AnaSed, Sedazine)
    The common side effect of xylazine is vomiting.

5) NMDA Receptor Blockers

  • Amantadine (Symmetrel)
    Side effects of amantadine: agitation, or diarrhea.

Dog Worms

  • Ivermectin
    Side effects of ivermectin: stumbling, tremors, blindness, disorientation, weakness, vomiting, convulsions, and diarrhea.
  • Ivermectin and Pyrantel (Iverhart)
    Side effects of pyrantel: upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, stomach cramps, stomach pain, and straining, and pain during bowel movements.
  • Selamectin (Revolution)
    Side effects of selamectin: hair loss or skin irritation at the application site, excessive drooling/salivating, rapid breathing, lack of coordination, vomiting, diarrhea with or without blood, muscle tremors, lethargy, loss of appetite, itching, hives, fever, seizures, and in rare but reported incidents of death.
  • Milbemycin Oxime (Interceptor)
    Side effects of milbemycin oxime: depression, laboured breathing, lying down and unable to rise, lethargy, coughing, vomiting, excessive salivation, staggering, shock, seizures, loss of appetite, diarrhea, convulsions, scratching, hives, facial swelling, pale gums, cold limbs, and coma.
  • Milbemycin oxime and Lufenuron (Sentinel))
    Side effects of lufenuron: lack of appetite and anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, lethargy, difficulty breathing, itching, hives, seizures and weakness.

It is very important to know that some natural ingredients such as essential fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and prebiotics can help to support problems such as allergy and pain. The advantage with those natural ingredients is the avoidance of side effects. Viyo Elite contains all those natural ingredients in a liquid and high palatable formulation to increase absorption and acceptance of those active nutrients.

Dr Wim Van Kerkhoven
Viyo International nv
www.viyo-elite.com
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