Weight Loss and the Digestive System in the Horse: A Problem Specific Data Base

Coffman, J R; Hammond, Linda S.

doi:10.1016/s0196-9846(17)30182-9

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“…Other conditions which may be confused with liver disease include: gastric ulcers, mucosal oedema, granulomatous enteritis and intestinal lymphosarcoma (Merritt er al. 1975), abdominal and thoracic abscesses and chronic peritonitis; cardiac insufficiency, neoplasia, renal failure and ectoparasites (Coffman and Hammond 1979) and chronic lameness. Respiratory diseases which cause weight loss are usually severe enough to be self-evident.…”

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Clinical and pathological studies in horses with hepatic disease

West

1996

Equine Veterinary Journal

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Summary In horses with hepatic necrosis, lipidosis, neoplasia and cirrhosis, progression of the disease was studied by serial measurements of total serum bile acid concentrations and of plasma glutamate dehydrogenase (GD) and γ glutamyl transferase (γGT) and by liver biopsy. Plasma ammonia concentrations were significantly elevated compared to clinically normal horses, but such changes were not always accompanied by a decline in plasma urea concentration. A fall in plasma glucose concentration carried a guarded prognosis. These were all invaluable aids in early diagnosis and throughout the disease course. The study suggests that other factors, such as hypokalaemia, alkalosis, short chain volatile fatty acids, false and true neurotransmitters, may be important in the pathogenesis of hepatic coma in the horse.

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Clinical and pathological studies in horses with hepatic disease

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Weight Loss and the Digestive System in the Horse: A Problem Specific Data Base

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Clinical and pathological studies in horses with hepatic disease

Clinical and pathological studies in horses with hepatic disease

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