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Originally Posted by Ellie May  The Royal Canin LS 14 for liver compromised dogs seems to be very palatable. You may want to give that a try. The L/D canned is also an option. Because of the ingredients in the dry L/D, it tends to be the least preferred out of these three foods.
Most of the time, shunts should be repaired if possible. Of course there are exceptions, but if a shunt was found and a vet said to leave it, I'd probably get a second opinion. If it's MVD, then it can't be repaired.
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i agree get it repaired how did they diagnose a shunt through scintigraphy? If you do not repair it then it can blow more shunts then you cannot repair it ever as they can only repair one shunt
are you near university of tennessee dr tobias is the best at this
go on to yahoogroups.com and join the liver shunt mvd groups they will help you get her to eat as they are also dealing with the same issues.
If mvd and bile acids below 100 then low protein diet is needed 22% with no symptoms 18% with symptoms