Small Animal Topic

Liver Tumors

...common malignant liver tumor in cats and the second most common liver tumor in dogs. Uncommon liver tumors include: carcinoids sarcomas of various types myelolipomas Warning signs of a liver...
Small Animal Topic

Hepatic Microvascular Dysplasia or Portal Atresia

...portal blood flow on nuclear scintigraphies (nuclear scans of liver blood flow), portograms (x-ray studies of liver blood flow), and CT angiograms (CAT scans of liver blood flow), but they...
Small Animal Topic

Portosystemic Shunts

...then takes blood to be filtered by the liver. The liver metabolizes and detoxifies this blood. If a shunt is present, the liver is deprived of factors that enhance liver...
Small Animal Topic

Anal Sac Tumors in Dogs

...hypercalcemia and presence of lymph node involvement. Surgical removal of these nodes can produce long-term relief of constipation. Some animals have had multiple surgeries to remove recurrent lymph nodes to...
Small Animal Topic

Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Obstruction

...(very small ducts within the liver) into larger ducts that leave the liver and eventually into the bile duct, and is then stored in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is drained...
Small Animal Topic

Mammary Tumors

...character of all the mammary masses and assess local lymph node enlargement. Other procedures are performed to stage the cancer (determine what type it is and where it is located...
Large Animal Topic

Dystocia in Horses

...option to deliver a live foal. The mare is maintained under general anesthesia and a midline abdominal incision is made followed by incision in the uterus to deliver the foal...