Final Flashcards
3 clinical signs of liver disease
Gi
Pupd
Neurological
Leakage enzymes
Alt, ast, ldh, iD
Cholestatic enzymes
ALP, GGT
ALT
Liver specific
AST
More sensitive but can also be muscles or RBC
ALP
Membrane bound to hepatocyte canalicular membranes and biliary epithelial
GGT
Dogs, equine hepatopsthies
Other causes of enzymes increases
Drugs, breed related, endocrine, hypoxia, nodular hyperplasia, muscle injury, bone disorders gi disease
Lab work for liver function
Bilirubin, bile acids, bUN ammonia, albumin, glucose ch9lesterole
Fx of bile acids
Detergent, faciltiates micelle formation
PLE. Blood work
Low albumin w high globulin
Extrahepatic shunts
70%
Small breed dogs
Intrahepatic
30% cases
Large dogs
Clinical signs of shunt
Shunted growth, neuro signs head pressing, cats hypersalivatio, urinary,
Labs for shunt
Pre and post bile acids increased, increased ammonium, protein c
CBC microcytosis
Dx shunt
Ct best
Complications of shunts
Hepatic encephalopathy ie ammonia or other get to brain or urate crystals
Tx shunt
Attenuation sx, but 7 days Medical to stabilize like decrease ammonia treatunderlying and precipitation factors
Post sx shunt
Bile acids may remain high 6 month
Aquired shunt
Secondary to portal hypertension
Results in ascites, medical tx
Congenital pvh
Breeds, alt increased enzymes increased
Fasting bile normal
Small liber. on us
Theiler dx
4 weeks after injections of equine biological products
Icterus hepatic encephalopathy, ataxia
Dishrag liver
Tyzzer dx
Clostridium piliforme
Foals small rodents
Multifolcal necrotizing hepatitis
Hepatic abscesses cattle
Feedlot
Fusobact
No signs, so,e weight loss
From grain overload can seed to lungs
Hepatic liidopsis
Triglycerides accumulation in cytoplasm of hepatocytes entire liver
Obese dairy or sheep preg
Copper Tox sheep
Copper related causing cell injury and death then plasma levels rise equals massive hemolysis death
PA plants
Weight loss icterus
Cirrhosis horse
Need liver biopsy look for MEGALOCYTOSIS
ALT always need further dx liver evaluation
Chronic increased alt
Breed specific, chronic hepatitis, toxic metabolic infectious neoplasticism parasitic
Fibrosis
Detectable ecm
Activation of hepatic stellate cells
Cirrhosis
Necrosis, perm distortion
Role of us in liver dx
ID neoplasia, focal lesions, access biliary tract
Biopsy rules dogs
Multiple pieces multiple lobes, RA staining, send in unfixed for copper
Copper associates hepatitis
Free radical formation oxidative stress leads to damage
Tx chronic hep copper caused
Antioxidant
Dietary copper restrictions
D penicillamine
Steroids
Non copper tx chronic hep
Antioxidant
Urosidiol
Immune modulation