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Originally Posted by drabinowitz43  To clarify, Joey was just having a routine pre-op panel done prior to neutering. The vet just decided to do bile acid test at that time (2 days before surgery, not fasting, late in the day) as a screening measure because he is so little. That test came back with a 74. No paired screening was done and no urine. He is saying because it is so high, he has no doubt that the dog has something wrong with his liver. |
I agree with the vet (except paired samples should've been taken to begin with), but might opt to redue the bile acids test to have a good pre and post reading. However, with a number like 74, I would consider a specialist. One of Ellie's numbers was 47 and her vet talked to an internist and offered a referral. We treated it for a month under her regular vet but the understanding was, if Ellie got sick at all during this time, it was straight to the internist.. I see no problem going straight to the specialist if that is what your vet wants to do. Just be careful about them talking you into unnecessary testing.