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Trcuspid Valve Dysplasia

Can you test a Puppy for T V D at 10 weeks of age?

Re: Trcuspid Valve Dysplasia

You can have the puppy evaluated by a board certified cardiologist. I have multiple breeder friends that do this before puppies go home at 8 weeks. They are doing auscultations. I'm not sure about echos on pups that young. You have a better chance of detecting something with a specialist.

Sue Puff

Re: Trcuspid Valve Dysplasia

You can absolutely do echos on 10 week old puppies. It doesn't count for OFA but it is important to know. I lost an 8 week old puppy to TVD. I did echos on the eight remaining puppies and found another case of TVD. The echos were done by a very experienced cardiologist. She was not able to hear the murmur in the affected puppy with a normal stethoscope. She did hear it when she listened very carefully with a pediatric stethoscope. I understand that some cardiologists are using digital stethoscopes now and apparently they work much better.

Re: Trcuspid Valve Dysplasia

You can do an echo on a puppy as young as 7-8 weeks. Even a very severe case of TVD can be barely detectable by stethescope at that age.