For the beaglers and houndsmen...

[jcrosscatahoulas]

Here's an article on brucellosis. I hope like the dickens this ISN'T what our friend bruington is dealing with, and it certainly may not be, but for the information purpose of it, it's out there guys.

A good friend of mine here in MS that had rabbit beagles and a good friend in FL that has catahoulas was wiped out of their breeding/hunting stock from this disease. It's technically a gram-negative infection and can be supposedly "treated" with major doses of antibiotics and castration but with equally major ramifications.

There's lots of things out there I don't worry much about and take care of here at home, this one thing, I test for faithfully and DON'T take a chance with. Thankfully, I've not had to face the decisions others have had to face, hopefully I never will. It's a risk to canines that hunt in general, to some degree, but it seems beagles have, for some unknown reason, a higher suceptibilty.

www.beaglesunlimited.com/beaglehealth_caninebrucellosis.htm

[mrbeagler]

I was just reading about this recently.
Thanks for posting it here.

I for one will test every dog I have or any that
plan on breeding to my dogs.

Only then will I breed with a clean slate.
I dont let others in my kennel for fear of them tracking
something in on their boots to my dogs...

I was the same way when I raised Game Cocks
No body but me ever handeled my Roosters .

The safe way for any man that has a good bunch of hounds
to keep them healthy is to be careful .

I also dont run my dogs with unknown packs period
Dogs aint cheap and having healthy hounds a man has to
do what he's got to do or face the consecuences .

jcross
I was looking at your web site yesterday
on your links page , who is the breeder in Lake County FL. on your links. This is where I live in Lk county , I just might know them...

Nice Dogs and Site by the way !!!!!

Im having my computer worked on today
so I might not get your answere till later on .

Keep these Boy's straight on here while im gone ;D

Mr. B.

[jcrosscatahoulas]

That's Lakeside Catahoulas, she posts on here too, they hog and deer hunt - have catahoulas and some hounds. Check out her website... www.lakesidecatahoulas.com

[bruingtonbeagles]

jcross,who should i be testing for brucelloses the male beagle or the female i thought was pregnant???

[jcrosscatahoulas]

At this point, bb, I would test the female dog you thought may have been bred. If she tests clean, odds are, you're not dealing with brucellosis in your male either. If he has it, she'll have it, if she has it, anything in contact with her will have it. If your dogs aren't in contact with other dogs, once they're tested, I wouldn't worry about testing before breeding in the future, if they're run in public places, I'd test. I test my males and females before breeding. But I haul my dogs. I'm regularly showing and hunting with other dogs, so you really never know what you may come into contact with. The brucellosis virus is very short lived outside the host, so the most risk is through breeding or contact with shed after aborted pups (even if you don't see the evidence of the pups) In "prime" conditions it'll live maybe 2-6 hours on the ground once it's shed.

Anyway, more on that subject IF there's a need....for now, I'd think just the female, when we get her fixed up, we'll get ya lined up for the rest of the crew.