Neospora in dogs.
I was very interested to read all the info on this. When my Trig, a Shar-Pei, was 8 years old he collapsed from Neosporosis. From running around happy as he could be, to totally paralyzed within seconds. He was initially mis-diagnosed with tokoplasmosis, and given huge quantaties of steroids, (not a good idea), and when I changed vets, received the correct diagnosis and treatment.
19 antibiotics a day for a month. No it wasnt cheap. He couldn't move, and was rolled and washed, carried outside to toilet. Eventually he managed to lie on his stomach, and then gradually start to walk again, he was very stiff and couldnt corner well After many months he was back to being 99% of the dog he once was. Trig was the worse afflicted case ever to recover, and for that reason had an article written about him and published in the vet journal.
Neospora is more common than is belived. How he got it, I dont know. Another dog I had at the time was also diagnosed with it, (after collapsing), but a month later was clear again. My grand old man passed away at 12 (From a broken heart, his old girlfrind died at 14. He was never the same after she went).
Trig was never fed raw beef. The vets did think he may have been harbouring it in his system since his early days in the UK. He didnt have a weak immune system. It is a mystery.
I havent tested my other dogs, and never lost pups in the way discribed.
