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Testing for Fanconi - degree of color change

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  • B

    Need clarification on reading the Diastix. "Normal" color (no sugar in urine) is bluish green. How much does color of strip change if Fanconi is indicated? The range of colors goes from slightly greenish (hard to tell from "normal" color!!) to brown. Also, does color go back to normal if Fanconi is being treated properly with diet and pills?

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  • lvossL

    Any change in color should be followed up with a visit to the vet. In the early stages the dog may spill only small amounts of sugar or spill intermittenly.

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  • khanisK

    Lisa is correct that dogs in the early stages of Fanconi Syndrome spill intermittently. Spilling sugar is spilling sugar. If they are not spillng this week but were last week.. does NOT mean they are no longer afflicted.

    It is imperative that your vet listen to you and not tell you that the intermittent spilling of sugar is NOT consistent with Fanconi Syndrome. Spilling sugar is NOT normal for a dog.

    Any deviation from the test-strip should be considered as spilling sugar. An appointment with the vet should be scheduled and tests need to be run: Venus Blood Gas panel, CBC, Urinalysis.

    Download the current protocol to give to your vet from the BCOA website (www.basenji.org).

    Kathy Britton

    Khani's Basenjis

    Portland, Oregon

    ….."You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me!"

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  • RamsesR

    When our bitch started we saw high protein and a ph high and low on the urinstix we used. After a half year she also had sugar and we follow the program from USA veteriner. She was ill in Fanconi almost 2½ years and we say goodby to her 2002. Lucky to live close to (5 minutes by car) a very big animal hospital and they take care of her from the beginning to the end.

    We test our basenji for sugar 4 times each year…....Sugar = Fanconi

    Inga-Karin Sundquist / Abrinkens Sweden

    Yulara Eximius r/w male born 1995-10-31

    (Allrounds Congo Chorister x Maya Mayi)

    breeder Mia Lowbeer Sweden

    owner Abrinkens

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  • tanzaT

    Really you should test at least monthly for Fanconi starting at age 3… but that is not to say that they can't start spilling sugar earlier.. And really in the beginning it is possible that if you are only doing it once a month and only one day, you might miss it all together.. I know a couple of Basenjis that only showed spilling sugar 1 out of 4 days in the beginning, so really best to do a few days in a row every month. Since the strips do not last long, no use is wasting them.

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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