Mookie loved chasing trains, going for long walks, and running after frisbees. When he was nine years old, the Shih Tzu was diagnosed with mitral valve disease (MVD). Ryan Hospital’s Cardiology Service cared for him with monitoring and medication until he passed away at age 16. After he died, Mookie’s owner Wendy Daughenbaugh created a fund at Penn Vet to honor the sweet boy’s indomitable spirit and help other dogs with MVD.
The Mookie MVD Fund
The Mookie MVD Fund supports the School’s Cardiology Service in its quest to understand the biomechanics of MVD, improve treatment via medication and diet modification, and develop new echocardiographic techniques to better diagnose and assess the severity of the disease. Penn Vet is the birthplace of specialized veterinary cardiology and is proud to lead the way in finally solving the mysteries of MVD, the most common acquired heart disease in dogs.
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