weimeraner's question about Trypanosomiasis

Question

Both my dogs came down with african trypanosomiasis and were treated initially with Berenil.  They responded well to this and were fine for a week, but then started more severe symptoms predominently seizures. My older dog died horribly during the seizures.  The other dog survived the seizures and then seemed to recover, but then a week later started vomiting again with more seizures before eventually dying as well. Is this the normal process of this disease or do you think they could have been poisoned?  We are in northern Mozambique and have no vets here and am desperate to get to the bottom of this.  Plus while I know my one dog had been bitten by tsetse flies I know the other one hadn't- could the disease have been spread to my other dog and if so how?

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry that that happened with your dogs, that is very sad.  That disease is typically spread by TseTse flies, but can also spread through other types of biting flies.  The signs that you describe are consistent with Trypanosomiasis, sadly, and that is likely the cause of their demise.

Trypanosomiasis in Dogs