My Siberian Husky of 1 year old makes diarrhea

Hello everyone, Saying beforehand that I am treating this with the vet but I am not satisfied about her time and her decision until now, I would like to understand if you have any idea of what my little Calliope, a female siberian husky has. She is 1 year old and she always makes diarrhea with mucus, since 3 weeks from now. The color of the stool is normal. We made a blood test and we found out that she has leucocytes and basofiles up. Last time she had no fever. We are waiting for the stool test. We tried an anti-paraxite for 9 days and probiotics in order to facilitate and restablish her flora in the intestine but up to now nothing... Could you suggest something else? She takes an antiworm and parasite every 3 months and an anti-tick/flea every month.   Many thanks in advance, Marco

Hello Marco - it sounds as though your vet is working through a sequence for managing diarrhoea.   Diarrhoea frequently self resolves and often has simple causes such as worms or dietary indiscretion, so it absolutely is important to worm the patient, allow some time and to try to treat the symptoms before starting more advanced tests.  One of the most useful parts of a diarrhoea work-up is the stool sample and it sounds as though they're On It.  Another cause of diarrhoea is internal problems eg endocrine causes, stress or liver disease - hence the bloods.  The result they have may give them clues or they may for example ask for more advanced tests to rule out other problems eg pancreatitis.  At the end of these tests, there may be a diagnosis, or there may be some questions outstanding - what is the significance of the leucocytes and basophils, for example.  At this point, if they are still drawing a blank, the clinicians may ask for an endoscopy, seek advice from a pathologist or suggest further tests.  So, I hear that tests appear to be taking a lomg time, but it may be that they are doing a progressive work-up to try to pinpoint the problem.   Questions such as 'What is the significance of the basophils?  What is the most common reason from them being high?'  'What has been ruled out so far?'  'What still needs to be ruled out?'   may prove to be useful.   Another good question is:  'All of this seems to be taking a long can.  Can you talk me through the work-up / what you've ruled out and what it could still be?' I hope that something here proves to be useful.