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Getting the Most from a Liver Biopsy
V. South
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Liver failure in the horse frequently results in recognisable signs due to inability of the liver to perform its diverse functions. These signs include depression, weight loss, anorexia, poor performance, photosensitisation, diarrhoea, icterus, oedema, pruritus, coagulopathy, polyuria/polydipsia and central and peripheral neural dysfunction (including bilateral laryngeal paralysis, disorientation, ataxia, blindness, headpressing, circling, yawning). However, liver disease is much more prevalent than liver failure, and many horses with liver disease are subclinically affected or have mild, vague signs. Since there is a poor prognosis anticipated once clinically overt liver failure is present, there is a convincing argument for thorough investigation of cases of liver disease when identified in horses showing few or no clinical signs rather than waiting until the liver is obviously dysfunctional ...
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Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire, GU30 7JG, UK
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