title: Testing for hypothyroidism in dogs.
abstract: Hypothyroidism is the most common endocrinopathy in the dog. Rather than being a comprehensive review of all possible thyroid function tests, the focus in this article is on the logical progression of test choice, highlighting total thyroxine, free thyroxine, triiodothyronine, thyrotropin (TSH), and antithyroid antibodies. This article includes extensive discussion of the current status of the canine TSH assay and the potential for improving this assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802, USA. dcf@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Duncan C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests / Q000662:veterinary*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; C006606:anti-thyroglobulin