Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Primary cholangiohepatitis in a horse.
- Journal:
- The Cornell veterinarian
- Year:
- 1990
- Authors:
- Schulz, K S et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old female horse was taken to a veterinary clinic because she had stopped eating, had a fever, and was showing signs of jaundice, which is a yellowing of the skin and eyes. For the past five days, she had also been very tired and was sticking her tongue out. To find out what was wrong, the veterinarians ran several tests, including checking her liver enzymes, bile acids, and ammonia levels, as well as performing an ultrasound and a biopsy of her liver. Based on the tests and her symptoms, the likely diagnosis was primary septic cholangiohepatitis, which is an infection of the bile ducts and liver.
Abstract
An 8-year-old mare was presented to the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine Large Animal Clinic for evaluation of anorexia, fever and icterus. The mare had a 5-day history of anorexia, depression and tongue protrusion. Diagnostic procedures included serum hepatic enzyme activities, serum bile acid concentrations, blood ammonia evaluations and hepatic ultrasound and ultrasound guided biopsy. The history, clinical pathology and histopathology in this case supported a probable diagnosis of primary septic cholangiohepatitis.
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