Liver failure (acute) in dogs happens when a dog’s liver loses over 70 percent of its function. The cause of the condition is tissue death. Unfortunately, the condition is considered to be a very ...

Liver shunts in dogs occur when veins that usually carry blood to the liver bypass the organ via an abnormal vessel. They can be tricky to deal with and cause some serious health issues if left ...

I recently received a letter asking about the safety of using SAMe (S-Adenosyl methionine) to treat dogs with liver problems. The letter and my response to it follows. Hi Dr. Johns, I came across an ...

Introduction: background, aims and methods -- Sampling and handling of liver tissue -- Ultrasonographic identification and characterization of congenital portosystemic shunts and portal hypertensive ...

In animals, and often in humans too, performance is significantly impaired when the value of the reward for work is reduced. Argentinian and Hungarian researchers have studied what happens when family ...