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Originally Posted by azkaty Megan, did your Doctors tell you when liver shunt shows up? Does any one know? Is there a certain age? Can it be as an adult, ot only as a puppy? |
Liver shunt is a genetic deformity. Most puppies with a liver shunt are the runt of their litter, and very sick from the beginning. The only way to stop this from reoccuring to not to breed from lines that have produced liver shunts. Once dogs with liver shunts are adults, they most likely will have had symptoms as puppies, and diagnosed with liver shunt. So really, it is something they are born with.
Liver shunt information:
http://www.malteseonly.com/shunt2.html