Hepatic Disease in Large Animals

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• Overview of Hepatic Disease in Large Animals
  • Clinical Findings
  • Diagnosis
    • Plasma or Serum Enzymes
    • Total Serum Bile Acids
    • Serum Bile Pigments
    • Urobilinogen
    • Plasma and Serum Proteins
    • Clotting Times
    • Urea, Glucose, Ammonia, and Other Alterations
    • Dye Excretion and Clearance Tests
    • Ultrasonography
    • Liver Biopsy
    • Radiography
    • Scintigraphy
  • Treatment and Management
    • Hepatic Encephalopathy
    • Antimicrobials and Anti-inflammatories
    • Dietary Management
  • Key Points
  • References
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• Acute Hepatitis in Large Animals
  • Theiler Disease
    • Etiology and Epidemiology
    • Clinical Findings
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment
    • Prevention
  • Acute Hepatic Necrosis in Cattle
    • Epidemiology and Pathogenesis
    • Clinical Findings and Lesions
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment
    • References

• Infectious Hepatitis and Hepatic Abscesses in Large Animals
  • Tyzzer Disease
  • Cholangiohepatitis
    • Etiology
    • Clinical Findings
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment
  • Equine Rhinopneumonitis
  • Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis
  • Bacillary Hemoglobinuria
  • Hepatic Abscesses

• Hepatotoxins in Large Animals
  • Chemical and Drug-related Causes of Toxic Hepatopathy
    • Iron Toxicosis
    • Copper Toxicosis
    • Miscellaneous Chemicals and Drugs Associated with Hepatotoxicosis
  • Mycotoxicoses
  • Blue-green Algae Toxicosis
  • Hepatotoxic Plants
    • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicosis
    • Panicum Grass Toxicosis
    • Alsike Clover Toxicosis
    • Mycotoxic Lupinosis
    • Xanthium (Cocklebur) Toxicosis
    • Miscellaneous Plant Hepatotoxicoses

• Cholelithiasis, Choledocholithiasis, and Hepatolithiasis in Large Animals
  • Etiology and Epidemiology
  • Clinical Findings
    • Lesions
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Key Points

• Chronic Progressive Hepatitis in Large Animals
  • Etiology
  • Clinical Findings
    • Lesions
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Hyperlipemia and Hepatic Lipidosis in Large Animals
  • Epidemiology and Pathogenesis
  • Clinical Findings
    • Lesions
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Key Points

• Hepatic Neoplasia in Large Animals

• Miscellaneous Hepatic Disorders in Large Animals
  • Cholangitis
  • Hepatic Failure in Foals
  • Biliary Atresia
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Right Hepatic Lobe Atrophy
  • Hepatic Lobe Torsion
  • Hepatic Amyloidosis
  • Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis
  • Primary Hyperammonemia in Adult Horses
  • Portosystemic Shunts
    • Clinical Findings and Lesions
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment
  • Hyperammonemia in Morgan Foals
    • References

• Hyperbilirubinemia Syndromes in Large Animals
  • Gilbert Syndrome
  • Dubin-Johnson Syndrome

• Liver Abscesses in Cattle
  • Etiology and Pathogenesis
  • Clinical Findings, Lesions, and Diagnosis
  • Treatment and Control
  • References
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