Abstract
We report here the successful treatment of portosystemic shunt in a six-month-old papillon dog. The shunt was first ligated partially, and eight months later it was ligated completely. During the eight months, the animal was treated with lactulose, metronidzol, ursodexycholate, and glutathione. Just before the second litigation, X-rays showed the liver to have grown by about 10%, but biochemical values such as NH3 and totai bile acid (TBA) were still abnormal. Serum biochemical abnormalities improved after the complete litigation. These findings suggested that there is not necessarily a correlation between hepatic growth and blood values such as alamine aminotransferase, NH3, and TBA, which are usually considered to be indices of liver function.
