Portacaval shunt in a calf: Clinical, pathologic, and ultrasonographic findings

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Buczinski, Sébastien ^a   Duval, Julie ^a   d'Anjou, Marc André ^a   Francoz, David ^a   Fecteau, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIVER; PORTAL SYSTEM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 34248369301     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Sattler N, Fecteau G, Girard C, Couture Y. Description of 14 cases of bovine hypokalaemia syndrome. Vet Rec 1998;143:503-507.
2. Braun U, Pusterla N, Wild K. Ultrasonographic examination of the liver and gallbladder in cows: Abnormal findings. Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet 1996;18:1255-1269.
3. Craig AM, Pearson EG, Rowe K. Serum bile acid concentrations in clinically normal cattle: Comparison by type, age, and stage of lactation. Am J Vet Res 1992;53:1784-1786.
4. West HJ. Clinical and pathological studies in cattle with hepatic disease. Vet Res Comm 1997;21:169-185.
5. Rehage J, Qualmann K, Meier C, et al. Total serum bile acid concentrations in dairy cows with fatty liver and liver failure. Dtsch Tierarztl Wschr 1999;106:26-29.
6. Radostits OM, Gay CC, Blood DC, Hinchcliff KW. Diffuse diseases of the liver. In: Radostits OM, Gay CC, Blood DC, Hinchcliff KW, eds. Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses. 9th ed. London: WB Saunders, 2000:355-358.
7. Reimer JM, Donawick WJ, Reef VB, et al. Diagnosis and surgical correction of a patent ductus venosus in a calf. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1988; 193:1539-1541.
8. Keane D, Blackwell T. Hepatic encephalopathy associated with patent ductus venosus in a calf. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1983;182:1393-1394.
9. Fortier LA, Fubini SL, Flanders JA, Divers TJ. The diagnosis and surgical correction of congenital portosystemic vascular anomalies in two calves and two foals. Vet Surg 1996;25:154-160.
10. Van Den Ingh TSGAM, Van Den Linde-Sipman, Berrocal A, Vos JH. Congenital portosystemic shunts in three pigs and one calf. Vet Pathol 1990;27:56-58.
11. D'Anjou MA, Penninck D, Cornejo L, Pibarot P. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of portosystemic shunting in dogs and cats. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2004;45:424-437.
12. Mathews KG, Bunch SK. Vascular liver diseases. In: Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC, eds. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine 6th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders 2005:1453-1464.
13. Pearson EG. Diagnosis of liver disease. In: Smith BP, ed. Large Animal Internal Medicine 3rd ed. St Louis: Mosby 2002:790-795.
14. Ivany JM, Anderson DE, Birchard SJ, Mattoon JR, Neubert BG. Portosystemic shunt in an alpaca cria. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 220:1696-1699.
15. Beech J, Dubielzig R, Bester R. Portal vein anomaly and hepatic encephalopathy in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1977;170:164-166.
16. Buonanno AM, Carlson GP, Kantrowitz B. Clinical and diagnostic features of portosytemic shunt in a foal. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1988; 192:387-389.
17. Lindsay WA, Ryder JK, Beck KA, McGuirk SM. Hepatic encephalopathy caused by a portacaval shunt in a foal. Vet Med 1988;83:798-805.
18. Hillyer MH, Holt PE, Barr FJ, et al. Clinical signs and radiographic diagnosis of a portosystemic shunt in a foal. Vet Rec 1993;132:457-460.
19. Taboada J, Dimski DS. Hepatic encephalopathy: Clinical signs, pathogenesis, and treatment. Vet Clin North Anim (Small Anim Pract) 1995;25:337-355.
20. Healy PJ, Dennis JA. Inherited enzyme deficiencies in livestock. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 1993;9:55-63.
21. Harper PA, Healy PJ, Dennis JA, Martin AB. Ultrastructural findings in citrullinaemia in Hoshein-Friesian calves. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 1988;76:306-310.
22. Schelcher F, Valarcher JF, Espinasse J. Abnormal ruminal digestion in cattle with dominantly non-digestive disorders. Dtsch Tierarztl Wschr 1992;99:175-182.
23. Wolfe JE, Bergman EN, Williams HH. Net metabolism of plasma amino acids by liver and portal drained viscera of fed sheep. Am J Physiol 1972;223:438-446.