Hopefully Crystal will come on here. But speaking from experience in having a bile acid test done to my baby, there are two tests one before food and one after (I'm sure you got this explanation as well).
If it was high after eating, then it may (key word may) be an indication that that liver is not functioning 100%
My advice would be to talk to your vet and have her/him explain everything to you. I always ask my vet to "dummy it down".
When Gizmo got his done, his post bloodwork was 27 which was above 20. However, my doctor believed that it was simply and upset tummy that spiked the liver count. I'm not saying this is the case with Rosie but it's something to go over with your vet.
I don't know how much you were told, but a bile acid test is done for a dog with suspision of a liver shunt. There are many postings on this forum about it. And many success stories from Yorkie parents after their little one has had the liver shunt taken care of surgically.
But that's getting way too fard ahead. My first step would be contacting the vet and having them explain everything.
Good luck, and keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by mzwenc  Hi everyone,
We were supposed to Spay Rosie on 1/26/12 but when they did the blood test, the vet said that her ALT was 111 which was high and should be concern about that. Therefore she insisted on getting a bile acid test done. So we did that and she said that it will take two days for the results to come back. She prescribed 2 pills and 1 antibiotic for her to take for a month to help lower the ALT. Then the vet emails me saying that she called me on 01/28/12 and it went to voicemail. (I never got a call from her and there was no voicemail) Apart from that, she wrote this in an email which I don't quite understand:
I tried to call you today but only got your answering machine. Rosie's bile acids test came in. Although her baseline is normal (it was 8, normal being below 10), however the post prandial (after eating) challenge part of the test was abnormal (the post result was 60, with normal less than 20).
What does it mean? Is she really sick? Is it genetics? Does anyone have any experience with this? I am so nervous. She is my first furbaby and i am so devastated that this is turning out the way it is.. thanks for your time |