Hypoalbuminaemia

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Hypoalbuminaemia

in chronic liver damage
Liver will be unable to synthesise plasma proteins
- especially albumin
- this leads to oedema in body tissues and cavities due to lowering of the colloid osmotic pressure in the circulation
most common in dogs and cats

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