A Laboratory Diagnostic Approach to Hepatobiliary Disease in Small Animals

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1209-1225

  Chapman, Seth E ^a   Hostutler, Roger A ^b  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MedVet Medical and Cancer Centers for Pets   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Bilirubin; Enzymes; Hepatic disease; Proteins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTROGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRISEOFULVIN; HALOTHANE; IBUPROFEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; PROGESTERONE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACYCLINE; THIAMAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ABSCESS; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CAT; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFECTIOUS CANINE HEPATITIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NEOPLASM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

BILE ACIDS; BILIRUBIN; ENZYMES; HEPATIC DISEASE; PROTEINS;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LIVER DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84885948668     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: 18781306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2013.07.005     Document Type: Review

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