Veterinary Clinical Medicine-I (General and Systemic)

LIVER ENZYME PROFILING

• The biochemical parameters used to assess liver pathology may be divided into two classes: the enzymes that reflect liver damage and/or cholestasis  and the indicators of liver function (bile acids, ammonia, albumin etc.). Serum enzyme screening for hepatobiliary disease is common in veterinary practice.
• Clinical signs associated with liver disease are wide-ranging and often non-specific, and consequently laboratory profiles are often run in patients that have a constellation of clinical signs that includes one or more of those seen in liver disease.