BILIRUBINURIA WITHOUT HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN BITCHES WITH PYOMETRA

Authors
PIENS K DESCHEPPER J DEPELSMAECKER K
Citation
K. Piens et al., BILIRUBINURIA WITHOUT HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN BITCHES WITH PYOMETRA, Vlaams dierengeneeskundig tijdschrift, 65(1), 1996, pp. 31-33
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Vlaams dierengeneeskundig tijdschrift → ACNP
ISSN journal
03039021
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
31 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-9021(1996)65:1<31:BWHIBW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In a group of 54 bitches with pyometra, 31 per cent showed bilirubinur ia. Bilirubinuria was associated with higher values of white blood cel ls and serum haptoglobin, higher serum levels of alkaline phosphatase and cholesterol and a higher serum aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase ratio, but not with a higher degree of anaemia (simil ar PCV values). Bilirubinuria in bitches with pyometra is attributed t o a higher degree of cholestasis associated with a greater inflammator y reaction.