Hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy in the dog.
Thirteen dogs with hepatic encephalopathy were found to have hyperammonemia and increased retention of plasma sulfobromophthalein. Six dogs had abnormal portal circulatory systems and 4 had heptic disease. The cause of illness was undetermined in 3.
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D000740:Anemia / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000652:urine; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000662:veterinary; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000662:veterinary; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011168:Portal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein / Q000097:blood
D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein; D000641:Ammonia; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D001663:Bilirubin