title: Canine Breed-Specific Hepatopathies.
abstract: Canine hepatopathies, both congenital and acquired, arise from an interaction between genes and environment. Many show increased breed prevalences. This article reviews the current understanding on breed predispositions for congenital portosystemic shunts; microvascular dysplasia and portal vein hypoplasia; ductal plate abnormalities (congenital hepatic fibrosis and Caroli disease); chronic hepatitis (both copper associated and idiopathic); vacuolar hepatopathies; and gallbladder mucocele. Although all these diseases can occur in many breeds and crossbreeds, understanding breed predispositions helps recognition and will guide future research to improve understanding of causes and treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK. Electronic address: pjw36@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics*; D004285:Dogs / Q000145:classification; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Chronic hepatitis; Congenital; Ductal plate; Inherited; Portosystemic shunt; Vacuolar hepatopathy