About six weeks ago I got Ellie's bile acids tested. She had a few symptoms like UTI and vaccine reaction. She is also skinny. The preprandial was 4.1 and post was 47. Her vet talked to an internist and they said to deworm her and put her on denosyl and vitamin e. We did that for a month along with a low protein diet. The numbers are now about 10 and 15.8. They are pretty well normal and it could be MVD or maybe not since with MVD the numbers usually don't go back to normal. I have decided to stop testing since the numbers are okay. Ellie will stay on a lower protein diet (about 20%) and probably the supplements also since they won't hurt either way. So I guess you have a few options. You can supplement and change diet and wait, then retest. You can get the major testing over with and do a scintography or portogram with a liver biopsy. Or you can go in the middle and maybe do an ultrasound (although I hear that the person reading it has to be expert so there is a good chance that it is a waste of money) and a protein c test. Had your dog just been on meds (including heartworm and flea) for anything?
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