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Originally Posted by Ellie May  A regular blood test will show ALT, AST, BUN... levels. ALT and AST have to do with liver function. These do not have to be elevated even if there is a problem though. I would do this blood test anyway.
The blood test that needs to be done is a bile acid test. You dog is fasted for twelve hours (overnight) and blood is drawn, fed a meal and blood is drawn two hours later. If these numbers are elevated too much then more testing should be done. |
Yes, you have to get a bile acids test done and possibly a Protein C test depending on what the results of the bile acid tests are.
As Elly May said, levels from a regular CBC can be normal even with a liver shunt. We have a heartbreaking case on another forum now where the member had bloodwork done before bringing her puppy home to check liver values and everything was normal. He's 5&1/2 months old now and and just had two bile acid tests and a protein C tests and it looks like the little guy has a shunt afterall.
