Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
Hi Dr. Mary, and welcome! Great to see a new homeopathic vet who's hungry for more!
I'm guessing the test will be an antigen test. Aren't they the standard now? (you can tell, I don't do these). I send clients to a more conventional vet to get these done.
No, I typically don't expect a patient to test negative until about 6 months in, though Mr. Piggy surprised me. I think he was about 3-4 months in when he went negative.
There had to have been adults, at least in my read of the parasitologist's take on the disease, at least 3 adults, in order for a test to go positive (again, the antigen test, right?). And, my best guess is that the adults are just attacked by the immune system and discharged through the lymph, like any foreign material would be. They must die, but in an orderly, intelligent way, as only a healthy body would orchestrate. I'm guessing that whole process is probably done when the test is negative and the patient is leaping tall buildings in single bounds!
Are you coming the AVH meeting in Portland? I hope to meet you there.