Adult polycystic liver disease in alpacas

Abstract

The other benefit of this requirement is that there would be no need for time to be taken out of the present, densely packed curriculum to deal with these matters. The economic reality of this decade is that Europe has had very low annual increases in GDP and there will be steadily increasing numbers of veterinary surgeons chasing the posts available. Therefore, relative to their intellectual power and high talent, the rewards might well appear small. I suggest that only those who have an early and fulfilling experience of a life of service will find this a satisfactory existence.

Polycystic liver in two adult llamas

“…However, compression of adjacent tissues has been occasionally associated with liver failure in deer, 16 chamois, 11 dogs, 22 hamsters, 20 and 2 alpacas. 9 Both llamas in our study had anorexia and weight loss. Although we cannot rule out that this was a consequence of hepatic insufficiency associated with the replacement of a significant amount of normal tissue by multiple cysts, 5 this is unlikely given that >50% of the parenchyma remained.…”

“…Polycystic livers have been reported previously in several animal species, including 2 alpacas 9 and 17 camels. 10 The hepatic cysts previously described in alpacas and camels were morphologically similar to those described in our report, but the cells of origin were not determined in either case.…”

Ductal Plate Malformations in Captive Snakes

“…4 Lesions resembling childhood-type polycystic disease, probably with autosomal recessive inheritance, have been described in Cairn Terrier and West Highland White Terrier puppies. 23,24 Polycystic liver disease is also reported in numerous nondomestic animal species, including multiple species of fish 18,26,28 and individual reports in alpacas, 10 golden hamsters, 30 and senile chamois. 13…”

Chronic sporidesmin toxicosis and photosensitisation in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos) in New Zealand

“…Hepatic lipidosis, occurring in pregnant or lactating females (hembras) mainly, and associated with elevations in liver enzyme activities and nonesterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations, was reported in North America (Tornquist et al 1999). Polycystic liver disease can be confused with echinococcosis (Foster et al 2013). Severe locally extensive atrophy of the right liver lobe and diffuse bile duct hyperplasia as well as granulomatous hepatitis with trematode ova was associated with infection with the common liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica (Hamir and Smith 2002).…”