The March 2011 Issue of the ASLA Times
ASLA TIMES the American Sloughi Association, Inc . March/April 2011 AKC National Parent Club for the Sloughi. Table of Contents Message From the President Editorial Dear ASLA Members and Friends, A Shark in The Gene Pool: Addisonʼs Disease and the Sloughi . 4 In this newsletter, we bring you the news of the dis- covery of the Addisonʼs disease in the Sloughi that, About Addisonʼs Disease in the Sloughi .. 9 until January 2011, ASLA breeders had never heard about before in our precious breed. I have heard of AKC Meet the Breeds, November 2011 . 12 other breeders in the U.S. having dogs that died sud- denly from routine surgery or from suspected kidney AKC & CAR Helping Pet Victims of Storms . .18 failure, and of course, now we know that those dogs might have had Addisonʼs disease that was not properly AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days 2011 . .18 diagnosed. AKC Changes to its Grand Champion Program . 19 As said already by our vice president, Erika Walsh, in the following pages, our Intissarʼs Daghar and Bandola The ASLA Store . .16 Kaheela de Moreau were very healthy as they had been all their lives, when we bred them. We had no reason to Photo Gallery . 20 know or to suspect that Daghar would become ill later. As of today, at 8 years old, Bandola is still healthy and Annual Dues . 2 in great shape. Message from the President . 2 Some years after this breeding, Daghar became ill with IBD (irritable bowel disease like in humans), a different autoimmune disorder that Addisonʼs disease. Almost 2 years later, he passed away, after having been treated for that entire period of time.
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