Test Results

[kimmyb]

I'm sorry for the multiple posts But can someone explain what the TLI, Cobalamin and Folate reading should be? I see different answers here and there but just wanting to understand how my dogs readings compare to normal...

[jilbert57]

Hi. Have you gone through all the tabs on the EPI site? It carefully explains the tests and the results parameters. Also when you look at your dogs test results it will have your dogs score then the reference range. It will give you suggestions if your test results are not in range. Hope this helps.

[Jean]

this is from Texas AM website

Serum Trypsin-Like Immunoreactivity (TLI)
Reference Intervals
Canine 5.7 - 45.2 µg/L

Serum Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) and Folate
Reference Interval
Cobalamin Folate
Canine 251 - 908 ng/L 7.7 - 24.4 µg/L

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these two show the normal range

but, on the results from your laboratory it should show the paramters they use

with EPI dogs not being able to produce the intrinsic factor which is essential to digestion , it is suggested that the cobalamin should be somewhere near, or, over 600, my girl cannot hold her cobalamin level at all

please ask away, and if you dont understand, you are welcome to contact me direct

Jean

[Olesia711]

FYI... you only want to be concerned with:

1. the TLI reading (this tells you if your dog has EPI)
2. the B12 level (Cobalamin) this tells you what your dog's B12 level is at. (over 82% of all EPI dogs need B12 supplementation for life)

3. The Folate level used to be used to indicate SID but we have since discovered that this is not accurate AND that all EPI dogs virtually have SID to one degree or another and what we now recommend is to treat if it is not in good control.

SID is "small intestinal dysbiosis"... used to be called SIBO which was "small intestinal bacterial overgrowth".... however, with EPI dogs they recently discovered that their guts are a mess... they dont' have enough bacteria nor do they have enough variety of bacteria.... BUT a lot of the common probiotics are loaded with the type of bacteria that EPI dogs already have too much off.... so... in short probtiocs (unless they come up with more tailed ones) don't always work with our EPI dogs like they do with other dogs, althou sometimes with some dogs they do.

What does seem to work with SID (for now) if need be ... are "prebiotics".... or at least until them come up with more diversified probiotics.

[Madelon]

Just wanted to welcome you - your pups are adorable.