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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Pets
Veterinarian Walter Tarello travels the world diagnosing and treating CFS-like diseases in animals
Compiled by Melissa Kaplan
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has been a growing suspicion, by pet owners and some vets, that chronic
fatigue syndrome (CFS) or a condition with a signs and symptoms very much
like CFS occurs in companion animals, specifically, to date at least, in
mammals. Far from being "just tired" this illness affects the
brain, immune and endocrine systems causing a wide range of dysregulations
and impairments.
Italian veterinarian Walter Tarello had been seeing a condition much like CFS in a number of different species. He and his veterinary assistant wife both became ill, and were diagnosed by their physician as having CFS. When the treatment protocols they tried fail to work (as is usually the case, the etiology, organs and systems affected in CFS patients varying widely), they decided to do the blood tests on their own blood that they have been doing in their animal patients who had the same or similar symptom complex. The following articles contain information on CFS in animals and Dr. Tarello's findings. Copies of these articles may be given to your vets to educate them about CFS in companion animals, testing and suggestive lab results, and possible treatment options.
Cat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 15 Dogs and Cats with Specific Biochemical and Microbial Anomalies. Walter Tarello, DVM, Perugia, Italy. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2000, Vol. 24, No. 3 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in Cats: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment of 7 Cases. Revue de Medecine Veterinaire 2001, 152: 11. [Full text] (PDF article plus two worksheets: catlabs, catsigns)
Dog Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (C.F.S.) in a Family of Dogs: Diagnosis and Treatment of 3 Cases. Walter Tarello, DVM, Perugia, Italy. Accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed online journal, Vet OnLine. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Associated With Staphylococcus Spp. Bacteremia, Responsive To Thiacetarsamide Sodium In 7 Dogs. Revue De Medecine Veterinaire 2001;152: 11. [Full text] (PDF article plus worksheet)
Horse Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Horses: Diagnosis and Treatment of 4 Cases. Walter Tarello, DVM, Perugia, Italy. Published in Comparative Immunology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases (2000) Volume 23 N. 4. [Abstract from CIMID (2001) Vol. 24, No. 1] A Case Of The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In A Horse From USA Examined In Dubai (UAE). Accepted for Poster presentation at the Third International Clinical And Scientific Meeting: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a serious legitimate diagnosis. Sydney, 1-2 December 2001. [Abstract] (PDF article plus table)
Other Species Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteremia, responsive to potassium arsenite 0.5% in a veterinary surgeon and his co-working wife, handling with CFS animal cases (Comparative Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 24 (4) (2001) pp. 233-246. [Full Text PDF] Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Associated with Staphylococcus spp. Bacteraemia Responsive to Thiacetarsamide Sodium in Eight Birds of Prey. Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B 48 (4), 267-281 [Abstract PDF]
Blood Testing for
Pets If you cannot find a vet to the testing, you may contact Dr. Tarello directly about a test kit you can obtain from him with instructions on how to obtain a sample, prepare the slides and return to him for micrococci examination. The test is US $87 without photographs, $100 with photos (as of November 2001; contact Dr. Tarello for current cost). Graphic illustrating how to prepare a blood smear slide for the micrococci test. [.bmp; jpg]
Dr. Tarello can be
reached through his clinic:
Melissa Kaplan notes: |
http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/pets/cfsinpets.html
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