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Idiopathic Acute Liver Disease (Serum Sickness, Theiler's Disease) Idiopathic acute liver disease, a sudden-onset liver disease with no apparent cause, is the most common cause of acute hepatitis in horses. The disease can also occur in horses that receive equine blood products, such as plasma or serum.
Also asked, what causes liver damage in horses?
Ragwort poisoning is thought to be the most common cause of liver disease in horses. The following recommendations only relate to horses with severe liver disease showing signs such as weight loss, jaundice and depression or abnormal blood results such as low serum albumin.
Regarding this, can liver disease in horses be cured?
The treatment of liver disease and failure typically depends on the cause, Divers explained, but most cases will receive supportive treatment with intravenous fluids, dextrose (sugars), frequent feeding of a low protein diet along with medical treatments to decrease intestinal ammonia production, vitamins, and
It could also mean that the horse is dehydrated. Liver enzymes. The liver produces several enzymes, commonly abbreviated as AST, ALP and GGT. “If these values are elevated this usually means there has been some damage to the liver,” says Wilson.