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Infectious Canine Hepatitis (view source)
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===Pathology===
===Pathology===
====Gross===
====Gross====
The liver is enlarged and friable on post-mortem examination. Extensive centrilobular necrosis leads to a pale, mottled appearance, but widespread haemorrhage is also apparent. These haemorrhages are particularly obvious on the serosal surface. This hepatisis leads to ascites, and fibrinous or fibrino-haemorrhagic adhesions can sometimes be seen between the lobes of the liver.=
The liver is enlarged and friable on post-mortem examination. Extensive centrilobular necrosis leads to a pale, mottled appearance, but widespread haemorrhage is also apparent. These haemorrhages are particularly obvious on the serosal surface. This hepatisis leads to ascites, and fibrinous or fibrino-haemorrhagic adhesions can sometimes be seen between the lobes of the liver.=
It is possible to use immunofluorescence to stain for viral antigen in vascular endothelium.
It is possible to use immunofluorescence to stain for viral antigen in vascular endothelium.
==Treatment==
==Treatment==