Difference between revisions of "Hepatic Encephalopathy - Horse"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Signalment== | ==Signalment== | ||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
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*Diarrhoea | *Diarrhoea | ||
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===Laboratory Tests=== | ===Laboratory Tests=== | ||
Revision as of 09:25, 17 August 2010
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See also Hepatic Encephalopathy Pathology
- the horse may show very little visible neural changes, perhaps an increase in astrocytes
Description
Hepatic encephalopathy is neurological disfunction caused by hepatic disease.
Signalment
Diagnosis
Clinical Signs
- Depression
- Lethargy
- Head pressing
- Ataxia
- Behavioural changes
- Seizures
- Coma
- Death
Clinical signs associated with hepatic disease
- Weight loos
- Diarrhoea
- Icterus