Hi Mo,

I'm Avijit from India. Thanks for the splendid information. Have forwarded to few of my friends, Dog Lovers All of them.

One point which needs your advice please. The blood extracted in the article was 200 ml, whereas the amount of serum infused is 1 ml. Considering the physical condition of the bitch, post delivery, won't the 200 ml of blood extracted be on the higher side, when the actual requirement is only an ml of serum.

rgds avijit

I am not an expert in the actual technical side of things , but beleive 200mls of blood does not produce much serum,? the blood does not actually need to come from the mother as far as I am aware, it can come from a dog that has been vaccinated fairly recently, so if you have another dog available then drawing the blood from that dog rather than the mother may be an option. but ideally it should be from mother. in my original post you will notice that EACH pup got about 1ml each I think there was 8 pups that were treated with the serum taken out of the 200 mls of blood.

Mo

Hi Mo,

Thanks for your response. In India, we loose many pups because of this disease.
Subsequent to your reply I had contacted one of my pathologist friend, who advised that as a thumb rule each 5 ml of blood can produce around 3 ml of Serum. Ideally then, 15 to 20 ml of blood would have served the purpose for the eight puppies.
My question is, is there any other way of spunning the blood involved for this particular treatment, which may require higher quantity of blood for producing the serum! Requesting your help and advise from any of your friends knowledgeable on the issue, so that we can save some lives here also. Recently I lost one of my Golden Retriever pups because of this disease, which compelled me to dig out information on addressing the issue.

rgds avijit

As I was not personally involved in this and only relating the information, You may be best contacting the vets at Swanbridge, or the actual breeder involved in this, their details are below, they should be able to provide you with all the technical information as it was they were the vets involved. hope this helps.
Swanbridge Veterinary Hospital
Tranby Lane
Swanland
HU14 3NG
T: 01482 633888
F: 01482 634576
mailto:info@swanbridgevets.com

breeder
Anne Marie Brannon
Telephone: 07768965304
Lincolnshire
Barton-upon-Humber
or go to her champdog page where there is a contact via email.
Castlestaff

Mo

Thanx Mo. Would definitely seek the advice and convey to you also.

Thanx again.... avijit

This is so good to know a friend of mine lost three puppies to fading puppy syndrome which was devestating wish i had known about this sooner, however i now have my own litter due any day now and 'touch wood' if the problem arises, i will be prepared. Extremely grateful for this thread, thankyou.

wow im sitting here with tears in my eyes what a story wish i had found this site sooner may of saved enzo's life

never mind if it was meant to be it would but is stored away for future reference

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Wonderful to know that there is help out there for FPS. I know that I dread to come across it again. This article should be sent to all the dog papers and magazines so that everyone knows there is help out there.

Excellent article, thank you

Laura

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Assuming you have checked for and eliminated any possible congential defects that may be the cause, I would continue the subcutaneous hydration and karo syrup along with warming. They may also need to be tube fed during this time instead of relying on nursing. Have your vet discuss tube feeding techniques with you.

FPS is normally associated with Canine Herpes and I attended a Seminar a couple of years ago, given by the manufacturers of a vaccine (for the bitch only) to prevent this. I will have to dig out my info and add it to this thread, but menawhile, one thing I do remember from the Seminar is that if CH is present in one or more pups, one way of pups recovering before they even rpesent with symptoms, (because symptoms can take a while a to show, and when they do it can be too late to save pup) is to make sure the area where the newborn pups are is at least 83 degrees in temperature - it the one thing that sticks in my mind and I always, always make sure my pups are toasty and warm, maintaining this temp can even save the majority of pups if they do present with this terrible affliction.

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