TY - GEN AU - Wael Mohamed Kelany AU - Adel Abdelbaset Mohamed Kubesy , AU - Khaled Ahmed Mohamed Farag , AU - Monir Mohamed Abdelhalim , TI - Diagnostic and therapeutic studies on hepatobiliary diseases of Dogs / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Wael Mohamed Kelany , KW - Dogs KW - hepatic function test KW - Hepatobiliary N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine - Department Of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases; Issued also as CD N2 - These animals were subjected to thorough clinical investigation , serum biochemical panel , postmortem , cytological , histopathological evaluation and ultrasographic examinationThe present study classified these animals into clinical cases of hepatopathies and exprimentally drug - induced hepatopathies (carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity and paracetamol - induced fulminant hepatitis) Clinical investigations revealed panorama of clinical signs (weight loss , vomiting , diarrhea , icterus , lethargy , nervous signs , ascites , hemorrhagic diathesis) Ultrasographic examination displayed focal and diffuse hyperechogenicity in different cases and some clinical cases of hypoechogenicitySerum biochemical panel showed marked elevation of transaminases , alkaline phosphatase , GGT , bilirubin (total and direct) There was a decrease in albumin and total protein in some casesPostmortem , cytological histopathological evaluation demonstrated exaggerated inflammatory and degenerative changesThe present study verified the role of ultrasonography in diagnosis of hepatobiliary diseases ER -