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Hepatic Encephalopathy - Horse (view source)
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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Clinical Signs===
===Clinical Signs===
Clinical signs vary depending on the severity of hepatic dysfunction, early signs are often subtle and may be missed. Clinical signs may be associated with feeding.
*Depression
*Depression
*Lethargy
*Lethargy
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
Prognosis depends on the underlying disease, signs are potentially reversible if the initiating course can be corrected. However as for most hepatic conditions, the damage is advanced by the time clinical signs are ovident, so most hepatic diseases carry a farily poor prognosis.
Prognosis depends on the underlying disease, signs are potentially reversible if the initiating course can be corrected.
Horses with hepatic disease showing neurological signs have a poorer prognosis than those showing only signs af hepatic dysfunction. However with appropriate supportive therapy horses can survive for a further 6 months.
==References==
==References==