Internal & hormonal
Liver & Gallbladder
Raised liver enzymes and liver conditions: what the numbers mean and how they are managed.
6 topics · 26 guides from PetsLikeMine
Who can help near you
- Your vet1 kind
- Specialists2 kinds
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Portosystemic Shunt
3 guides from PetsLikeMine
Liver Shunts (PSS): Surgery or Medical Management?If you are reading this, you have probably just been told that your dog has a liver shunt, and you are trying to work out what on earth to do next. Perhaps your puppy…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine Hepatic Encephalopathy: The Staring, Circling and SeizuresYour dog stops mid-room and stares at nothing. He presses his head into the corner and stands there. He circles, or paces, or seems suddenly not to know where he is, or…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine Life After Shunt Surgery: What Recovery Really Looks LikeYou have made the decision, or you are close to making it, and your dog is going to have shunt surgery. Now you want the honest version of what comes next. Not the…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine
Copper-Associated Hepatopathy
4 guides from PetsLikeMine
Copper and the Liver: The Dog-Food Copper Debate, HonestlyYou have probably arrived here worried, and possibly a little angry. Somewhere in the last few days you have read that the copper in ordinary dog food is damaging dogs'…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine Too Much Copper in Dog Food? What the 2021-2025 Science ShowsIf you have already read the headlines and the forum arguments, and what you actually want is the evidence itself, laid out in order, without a slogan attached, this is…8 min read · on PetsLikeMine The Copper-Storage Breeds: Bedlingtons, Labradors and the RestIf you share your home with a Bedlington Terrier, a Labrador, a Dobermann, a West Highland White or a Dalmatian, and the words "copper" and "liver" have come up…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine
All 4 guides on this topic
Chronic Hepatitis
2 guides from PetsLikeMine
Chronic Hepatitis in Dogs: The Honest UK PictureIf a vet has just used the phrase "chronic hepatitis", or you have read the words "chronic active hepatitis" on a biopsy report and had to look up what they meant, you…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine Which Breeds Get Chronic Hepatitis, and Why It MattersIf you own a Springer Spaniel, a Labrador, a Dobermann, a Cocker or a Bedlington Terrier, and someone has mentioned chronic hepatitis, or you have simply gone looking…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine
Gallbladder Mucocoele
3 guides from PetsLikeMine
Gallbladder Mucocoele: The Senior-Dog Surprise on the ScanYour older dog went in for an ultrasound, quite possibly for something else entirely, a lump, a routine senior check, a vague off-colour week, and the report has come…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine Cushing's, Thyroid Disease and the Gallbladder LinkYour dog has Cushing's disease, or an underactive thyroid, and now a scan has found a gallbladder mucocoele, and you are wondering whether the two are connected. Or…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine Mucocoele: Operate Now, or Watch and Wait?Your dog has a gallbladder mucocoele, it was found by chance, and your dog seems completely well. Now you are being asked to decide something that feels impossible: do…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine
Hepatic Lipidosis
2 guides from PetsLikeMine
Your Cat Has Stopped Eating: A Liver Emergency (Hepatic Lipidosis)If your cat has barely touched their food for the last couple of days, and you have landed here at some anxious hour trying to work out whether it can wait until…10 min read · on PetsLikeMine Feeding Tubes for Fatty Liver: The 6-7 Weeks That Save CatsYour cat has been diagnosed with hepatic lipidosis, fatty liver, and somewhere in the conversation your vet said the words "feeding tube". If your stomach dropped a…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine
More guides
11 from PetsLikeMine
ALT, ALP, AST and GGT in Plain EnglishYou've got the printout in front of you, and it's a wall of three-letter abbreviations with numbers beside them, some flagged, some not. Somewhere in there are the…8 min read · on PetsLikeMine The Bile Acids Test, ExplainedSo your vet has recommended a "bile acid stimulation test", and you've said yes without entirely understanding what you agreed to. There's a fasting sample, then a meal…8 min read · on PetsLikeMine Denamarin, SAMe, silybin and milk thistle: what the evidence saysSomeone has recommended a liver supplement for your pet. Maybe it was your vet, maybe the pet shop, maybe a well-meaning post in a Facebook group. The name was probably…9 min read · on PetsLikeMine
All 11 guides here
- Hepatic diets: Royal Canin Hepatic vs Hill's l/d, honestly 9 min
- High Liver Enzymes But My Pet Seems Fine: Do I Panic? 8 min
- High Liver Values in Cats: Why It's a Different Conversation 8 min
- Jaundice in Cats: What the Yellow Actually Means 9 min
- From a Blood Test to a Biopsy: The Liver Workup, Step by Step 8 min
- When to worry again: the liver red flags 9 min
- Your Dog's Liver Enzymes Are High: What It Actually Means 11 min
- Tracking liver values over time (and why the trend beats the number) 10 min
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