From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2008-10-25 14:01:07 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Liver disease??
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I have a 5 year-old rescue Ash, who came in August. He and his
companion Sampson were very ill, dehydrated, violent diarreah. Sampson
is finally stable after being treated for several bouts of UTI,
uroliths, ulcers and subsequent insulinoma. Ash however, is not doing
well.
He no longer has diarreah and his appetite is good. However, he is
slowly losing weight and is becoming more lethargic. He had a blood
panel done earlier this week and results indicate liver disease of some
sort. He is going in for an ultrasound and aspirate biopsy of the liver
on Monday. My vet fears neoplasia. I am hoping it is something less
sinister.
Any ideas/thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Here are his histology results with abnormal values (Canadian/European)
indicated =96 rest of the values were normal:
ELEVATED Bilirubin (Total) 10.2 umol/L=96 normal range 0 =96 5.0
ELEVATED Bilirubin (Conj.) 3.4 umol/L =96 normal range 0 =96 2.0
ELEVATED ALP 113 IU/L =96 normal range 10 =96 70
ELEVATED ALT 912 IU/L =96 normal range 20 =96 180
ELEVATED Gamma Glutamyl Transerase 32 IU/L
LOW Potassium 3.6 mmol/L =96 normal range 4.0 =96 5.5
ELEVATED Na/K Ratio 43 =96 normal range 26 =96 40
Morphology:
WBC Morphology Normal
RBC Morphology Polychromasia
Tressie
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