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Saturday, August 13, 2016

2910. INTERN. Veterinary Files From Myanmar. A water tank to provide clean water for the students

August 13, 2016

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Show him how to catch fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

"What is the most useful $300 present for a school?" I asked a Myanmar veterinarian. He
suggested exercise books, sharpeners and pencils.

Myanmar is a large country with around 50 million people. Education of the young enables them to improve their lives. But many village schools need funds to buy writing material to educate the students.

Hence donations of exercise books and pencils are much appreciated as they are often short of supply.

In Oct 2015, Dr Sing Kong Yuen told his friend, Dr Thin Thin Soe that he wished to donate $300 worth of educational material to a government primary school. Drs Thein Tun Aung and Thin Thin Soe, Myanmar veterinarians got the project done through the head monks of Hinthada.

A video of his visit Government primary school in a village in Hinthada, Myanmar.

165 students Grades 1 to 6 in one building, sharing space.

Head monks are the link between benefactors and recipients. Dr Thin Thin Soe and her 92-year-old mother donates money and exercise books and drink to the school on this occasion.

SUDDEN REQUEST FOR A
DONATION OF A WATER TANK FROM DR SING KONG YUEN

ECONOMICS
1. Half Lakh (L) = 50,000 Myanmar Kyats (K) = SGD 57.00 for 2 exercise books and 1 drink for 165 children

2. 3L = 300,000 K = SGD 339
for a stainless steel water tank

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr Thein Tun Aung (left), veterinary surgeon, Royal Asia Veterinary Surgery, Yangon

Dr Thein Tun Aung (left) with Dr Sing Kong Yuen (right)

Dr Thin Thin Soe, Owner, Royal Asia Veterinary Surgery, Yangon, Myanmar

Small donations go a long way

Accounts will be properly kept. Receipts will be given
Let me know what type of thing you want to donate

Types of donations
1. Writing materials
2. Tiffin carriers
3. School uniforms, bags
4. Life jackets
5. School boat for 40 children the Ayeyawaddy River transport to school (another video)

APPEAL TO YOUNG SINGAPOREANS

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Show him how to catch fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Donations of educational or materials to the village schools in Myanmar, of any amount are welcome.

Contact: Dr Sing Kong Yuen
Tel/SMS +65 9668-6468
judy@toapayohvets.com

Friday, August 12, 2016

2909. A 10-year-old male not neutered Shih Tzu passes dark red urine on Aug 9, 2016

Aug 12, 2016

3 days ago, went to Vet 1 for emergency blood in the urine treatment. Seldom has this problem for past months.

Abdominal palpation - the dog arches his back when the bladder area is palpated. No obvious signs of pain. X-rays show no bladder stones but an enlarged prostate.

Likely a benign prostate hyperplasia with infection --- blood in the urine. Urine test showed blood.
A change to a Prescription C/D diet. Neuter is advised.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

2908. A1-year-old Roborovski hamster is very itchy

Aug 12 2016

I got an emailed image of a Roborovski with spiky hairs and advices on skin disease. it was much difficult to diagnose. The young lady brought him to toa payoh vets.

A big 1 cm wound behind left ear. Earlier a pet shop recommended coconut oil application, the lady accounted for the spiky hairs.

Best to clip bald and remove all contaminated hair and shampoo away the oil, I said. As there will be anaesthetic risk, the owner declined my advice. This species is the speediest of all. Hence anaesthesia is required to prevent clipper cuts.

Medication given abd if no recovery, will need to do clipping. the hamster is aggressive and had been aeparated from his sibling some weeks sgo as there was fierce fighting. So this wound could not be bite wounds but due to scratching.

The good boyfriend had googled youtube and found toa payoh vets ans sent an email to me. so that is how the nilleniak generation works

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

2907. **No vet can cure this Westie of skin disease

August 9, 2016 National Day

This 5-year-old Westie had skin disease starting from the backside since she was 3 years old. At least 3 vets were consulted but there was no cure. The dog had red spots around the neck and back. The whole lower body skin was thickened.

To review on Sep 9, 2016.

Video

2906*****. Entropion surgery in an adopted 3-year-old Chow Chow & a Shih Tzu

Case 1.
HISTORY

2982. Searching for an entropion veterinary surgeon for a Chow Chow

Tuesday July 26, 2016

The 2-year-old Chow Chow was abandoned. He could barely open his eyelids to see and would bang into objects. Thick pus crusted his eyes. The couple who adopted him brought him to see around 6 vets. After consultation, the vets said they did not do entropion surgery.

"You phoned the vets by alphabetical order?" I asked. "Toa Payoh Vets would be at the bottom of the list."

"We googled entropion vets" the wife said. "We did consult an eye specialist but we need to wait for many weeks for our turn."

The 26-kg Chow Chow was particularly nervous and would not sit still for examination. Sedation with Domitor + Ketamine IM at 0.3 + 0.3 ml IM sedated him a bit and a blood sample was taken for health screening before the operation next week. The dog was given the first vaccination as I doubt he had been re-vaccinated since he was thrown out to the streets till adopted by this couple.

Aug 8, 2016

Chow Chow could open his eyelids a bit after 10 days of antibiotics and is "more active" according to the happy couple.

"Why is there a red spot in his left eye?" the wife asked, after the entropion surgery. "It is a big corneal growth of around 4 mm across, due to the past 3 years of irritation by inrolled eyelashes and was present before the surgery," I said. I got some images to prove it but these were not necessary. The dog's eyes were shut tight for the past 3 years as the upper and lower eyelids rolled into the cornea 180 degrees and the eye pain was excruciating.

Case 1. TWO VIDEOS. An adopted 3-year-old Chow Chow has entropion. Pre-operation examination.
A severe case of entropion in the Chow Chow. The dog has bacteria in the blood due to chronic eye infections. After 10-14 days of antibiotics, the dog can open his inward-rolling eyelids a bit more. However, this is temporary. A permanent solution is surgery to roll out the eyelids so that the dog has no eyelashes inwardly poking the cornea as in the present case of entropion.

Two pre-op videos

Post-op video one hour after surgery

UPDATE IN JULY 16, 2019

The owner is very satisfied with the outcome of the entropion surgery. I had not seen him as he goes to the vet clinic near his residence. However, he wanted a second opinion on the big swollen right hind knee of his Chow Chow who fell from the stairs. Hence I was able to find out the outcome of my entropion surgery 3 years ago and took the following image:

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DRAFTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AuCJIDJ62g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deNtDlQ3F_o

A 2.5-year-old adopted Chow Chow has severe entropion - physical examination and blood test show bacterial infections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xPBbTDB848

POST-OP SHOWS EXCELLENT OUTCOME OF ENTROPION SURGERY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZnbIuBeo1s

Case 2. VIDEO OF CHOW CHOW PUPPY WITH ENTROPION.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9_keIynvzY

Case 3. VIDEO. A CHOW CHOW HAS NO ENTROPION.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azkeiHatXGo

Case 4. Final Video. A Chow Chow has fits, skin disease and entropion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1raKHDK9Bs

Case 5. A Chow Chow has ringworm infection, no entropion now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_9Aas_KZA

Case 6. Entropion surgery in the Chinese Shar pei

http://www.bekindtopets.com/dogs/20100151Entropion_Shar_Pei_Pups_ToaPayohVets.htm

MORE IMAGES BEFORE SURGERY

VIDEOS - BEFORE SURGERY

POST OPERATION ON AUG 8, 2016
It was fortunate for the Chow Chow that the new owner got him in for surgery.

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Poster of Chow Chow at a retail shop in Tiong Bahru Plaza in Feb 2018