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**Selected antibiotic should be excreted in the bile in active form, and should be active against aerobic and anaerobic intestinal coliforms.   
 
**Selected antibiotic should be excreted in the bile in active form, and should be active against aerobic and anaerobic intestinal coliforms.   
 
**Amoxicillin at 15-20 mg/kg PO q8hours is a good initial choice.
 
**Amoxicillin at 15-20 mg/kg PO q8hours is a good initial choice.
*Surgery is warranted if discrete choleliths or complete biliary obstruction is identified.  In cases of complete extrahepatic biliary obstruction, surgical decompression and cholecystoduodenostomy or cholecystojejunostomy should be performed.
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*Surgery is warranted if discrete choleliths or complete biliary obstruction is identified.   
*Ursodeoxycholic acid at 15 mg/kg q24hours may be given
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**In cases of complete extrahepatic biliary obstruction, surgical decompression and cholecystoduodenostomy or cholecystojejunostomy should be performed.
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*Ursodeoxycholic acid at 15 mg/kg q24hours may be given.
 
**It has hepatoprotective (anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and antifibrotic effects) properties and choleretic effect.  The latter promotes increased fluidity of biliary secretions for treating or preventing sludging.
 
**It has hepatoprotective (anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and antifibrotic effects) properties and choleretic effect.  The latter promotes increased fluidity of biliary secretions for treating or preventing sludging.
 
*A high protein diet rather than a protein-restricted diet is more appropriate for feeding anorexic cats to prevent the development of hepatic lipidosis
 
*A high protein diet rather than a protein-restricted diet is more appropriate for feeding anorexic cats to prevent the development of hepatic lipidosis
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