11 Liver exercises
Challenge Exercises
General
- Would a compound like amino-pro really work?
- What diet would you recommend if your favorite species had liver failure?
- How does ammonia cause hepatic encephalopathy?
- What happens with high levels of serum bile acids in the body?
- What proteins are involved in coagulation?
- How do we use enzyme half lives to determine when liver disease happened? (ALT, AST, ALP)
- Explain common signs associated with liver disease
- How does liver disease lead to photosensitization? What is photosensitization?
- What is the role of cytochrome P450?
- Find and interpret abnormal lab results related to liver function
- Why can’t we drink grapefruit juice while on antibiotics?
- How do antibiotics interfere with the Pill?
- How do you evaluate the liver ultrasonographically?
- Create a mnemonic for common causes of liver disease in your favorite species
Dogs
- What are congenital disorders of the liver (besides shunts)?
- How does copper affect liver function?
- Explain 3 toxin (or infection or drug or other) causes of liver disease in dogs
- How do SAM-E and milk thistle help with liver disease?
- What are the most effective tests for liver disease in dogs?
- How would you treat xylitol toxicity?
Cats
- Explain 3 toxin (or infection or drug or other) causes of liver disease in cats
- What are the most effective tests for liver disease in cats?
- Explain tylenol toxicity in cats
- What breeds are prone to liver disease?
Horses
- Explain 3 toxin (or infection or drug or other) causes of liver disease in horses
- What are the most effective tests for liver disease in horses?
- How do choleliths affect horses if they don’t have gall bladders? What does CCK do?
- How does tetanus antitoxin cause liver disease?
- Toxic plants in North America include cocklebur, Lantana and Helenium species. What do these do to the liver?
- Iron injections can kill foals. How and why?
Ruminants
- Explain 3 toxin (or infection or drug or other) causes of liver disease in ruminants
- What are the most effective tests for liver disease in ruminants?
- How do we treat liver disease in ruminants?
- How does moldy hay affect ruminants?
- Farms tend to have more chemicals around. Which ones are hepatotoxic?
- Cattle tend to be liver abscesses. What are the risk factors?
- What is bacillary hemoglobinuria?
- What happens with copper toxicity in sheep?
Swine
- What is postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome? What might labwork look like?
- What are liver milk spots?
- Farms tend to have more chemicals around. Which ones are hepatotoxic?
Pocket pets
- Which pocket pets get fatty liver?
- What causes liver abscesses in chinchillas? How are they treated?
- What is Tyzzer’s disease in gerbils and hamsters? How is it treated?
- What is amyloidosis in hamsters?
- What kind of liver disease do sugar gliders get? How is it diagnosed?
