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Vet Res Commun. 1987;11(5):423-41. doi: 10.1007/BF00380626.

A review of new approaches to assessing hepatic function in animals.

Veterinary research communications

C E Cornelius

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.

PMID: 3328402 DOI: 10.1007/BF00380626

Abstract

Although a multitude of effective liver function tests are available for use in animals, a variety of modifications of currently used tests have been recently reported. In addition, newer procedures now used in human medicine may also provide unique insights into assessing and detecting acquired hepatic disorders in animals. Examples of new procedures are: assessing microsomal mixed function oxidase activity by plasma caffeine clearance; estimating the extent of active hepatic fibrogenesis through serum procollagen-III peptide levels; determining hepatic blood flow and functional mass by the galactose elimination capacity; detecting primary hepatocellular cancer through serum or urinary ligandin levels; and to estimate the liver's maximal capacity to excrete indocyanine green independent of blood flow. In evaluating drugs as to their hepatotoxicity, function tests should be included in the liver profile which measure specific metabolic alterations unique to the compound under study.

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