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Originally Posted by dwerten  Lipase alone will not determine pancreatitis they both have to be elevated sounds like a fluke to me and cpli is the true test for pancreatitis anyway - Lipase is the enzyme from pancreas that digests fats so sounds like a high fat meal may have been eaten prior to test did you do a fasting blood test or after food as best to always do a 12 hr fasting blood work up . Amylase is an enzyme from pancreas that digests starch and sugar and usually with pancreatitis both are elevated BUT not always as my dex was normal on both and really sick and vice versa when not sick his numbers were super high so again CPLI is the test for pancreatitis not amylase and lipase as those can be all over the place i have found Amylase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lipase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
both of my yorkies dex and dd always have higher than normal lipase but amylase is normal and dex has high triglycerides on 12 hr fast even on an 8% fat diet |
He hadn't kept anything down in 24 hours when the first test was done. He has been on Hill's I/D since then (a month) and they did the second test Tuesday. I called the day before the second test and asked if he needed to fast and the vet said no. From what I'd read on here I thought they needed to fast.
I saw the video you posted on another post about pancreatitis. Where the doctor said Schnauzers and Yorkies are both prone to this disease. I was amazed when I started to search for information on YT how many dogs on here suffer from it.
Thanks for your help.