Trouble finding Bio Case lately

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Olesia711
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Re: Trouble finding Bio Case lately

Post by Olesia711 » 06 May 2022, 11:27

Porcine Enzymes are becoming more and more difficult to source lately..... this might be why BioCase is no longer offering pancreatic porcine enzymes
Olesia, was owned by Izzy, a 35lb Spanish Water Dog (SWD), Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.. Izzy passed away on February 13, 2020 at 15 years old. She lived with EPI for 13+1/2 years. It was because of Izzy that Epi4Dogs was started... she was the inspiration. May her legacy of helping others with EPI continue for as long as needed.........

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Re: Trouble finding Bio Case lately

Post by Jean » 06 May 2022, 12:55

I assume this is because of the porcine glands not being avaiable, its difficult in UK because of Brexit and the Government laws but people are gettig round it
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Re: Trouble finding Bio Case lately

Post by Olesia711 » 06 May 2022, 13:12

my understanding (although this really needs to be verified by someone in the "Know") is that there is a health issue (maybe a virus??!) happening in pigs so any pig organs infected can be passed on to other animals, just not humans... so infected pig pancreas is safe for people consumption but not safe for animal consumption..... or at least this is what i heard. Not sure if i am repeating this correctly and/or if factual..... but, if accurate...... this "could" be what is driving enzyme scarcity.......
Olesia, was owned by Izzy, a 35lb Spanish Water Dog (SWD), Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.. Izzy passed away on February 13, 2020 at 15 years old. She lived with EPI for 13+1/2 years. It was because of Izzy that Epi4Dogs was started... she was the inspiration. May her legacy of helping others with EPI continue for as long as needed.........

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Re: Trouble finding Bio Case lately

Post by ssmith » 09 May 2022, 14:02

Ugh, unfortunately I had this exact problem. Harmony was on Biocase and we were loving it. I went to order and couldn't find the big can. I ended up getting Enzyme Diane 6x and we will see how she does. I haven't started them yet but the price was definitely comparable so I'm happy.

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Re: Trouble finding Bio Case lately

Post by Olesia711 » 10 May 2022, 12:39

i used EnzymeDiane's enzymes for 14 years and was very pleased, never had a problem and of course being able to deal directly with Diane was awesome . I hope you have the same experience.
Olesia, was owned by Izzy, a 35lb Spanish Water Dog (SWD), Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.. Izzy passed away on February 13, 2020 at 15 years old. She lived with EPI for 13+1/2 years. It was because of Izzy that Epi4Dogs was started... she was the inspiration. May her legacy of helping others with EPI continue for as long as needed.........

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