 BAT & other results - what do you think?
I posted before that my 5yo little boy recently had a BAT (and other lab work) done. I just got a copy of results and I am not sure what to make of them. Any insight? We are currently awaiting his Protein C results.
Pre Meal Bile Acids: 9.4 (reference <10)
Post Meal Bile Acids: 97.2 (flagged as HIGH, reference <20)
Other CBC results flagged:
BUN/Creatine Ratio: 32 (ref. 4-27) *HIGH
Hemoglobin: 21 (ref. 12.1-20.3) *HIGH
Hematocrit: 70.2 (ref. 36-60) *HIGH
MCV: 81 (ref. 58-79) *HIGH
MCHC: 29.9 (ref. 30-38) *LOW
He has no symptoms at all, besides an increase in licking (he licks his lips a lot). The only reason we got him tested in the first place was because he started to have an occasional (maybe 1/2 weeks) bout of diarrhea (which has gone now) and our vet said many yorkies have liver problems so it was worth a check.
It says on the lab report that portosystematic shunting has increased Post Meal Bile Acids of >100. Does this mean we can rule that out? Could MVD be more likely here?
Thanks so much in advance |