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Copper storage disease in dogs prognosis.
Copper storage disease is a disease characterized by excessive accumulation of copper in the livers of affected patients.
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Rational pharmacologic therapy of hepatobiliary disease in dogs and cats.
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In dogs with copper storage disease excess copper is not excreted accumulates within the liver cells and causes damage.
Clinical signs are variable as some pets may not have any clinical signs while others may have severe neurological deficits secondary to liver dysfunction.
Copper is found in trace elements in the diet.
A gene mutation causes copper storage disease in bedlington terriers.
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These dogs are bedlington terrier doberman pinscher skye terrier and western highland white terrier and cause hepatitis and cirrhosis in all of them and is also a genetic disease.
Copper storage hepatopathy in dogs.
Iatrogenic copper deficiency associated with long term copper chelation for treatment of copper storage disease in a bedlington terrier.
Too much copper at one time can overwhelm the liver rsquo s storage capacity and cause liver damage.
Symptoms signs of copper storage disease.
This condition may be secondary to a primary disease or the result of genetic based abnormal copper metabolism.
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It is necessary to remember that if the disease remains untreated then it can prove to be fatal for the dog.
Copper storage hepatopathy is a condition caused by an abnormal accumulation of copper in the animal s liver which leads to progressive damage and scarring of the liver cirrhosis.