Chronic fatigue syndrome in animals

Veterinarian Walter Tarello has investigated animals illnesses that appear similar to chronic fatigue syndrome. Several of these studies look at treatment with arsenic compound thiacetarsamide sodium. Tarello has hypothesized possible zoonotic features of human ME/CFS, as he and his wife, who works with him, were both diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Notable studies

 * 2001, Chronic fatigue syndrome in horses: diagnosis and treatment of 4 cases.
 * 2001, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 15 dogs and cats with specific biochemical and microbiological anomalies.
 * 2001, Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteremia, responsive to potassium arsenite 0.5% in a veterinary surgeon and his coworking wife, handling with CFS animal cases.
 * 2003, Immunological anomalies and thrombocytopenia in 117 dogs and cats diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
 * 2006, Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteraemia responsive to thiacetarsamide sodium in eight birds of prey.