Cholangiohepatitis, Chronic, and Biliary Fibrosis Basic Information Definition Cholangiohepatitis is an inflammatory process of the walls of the bile ducts and the adjacent liver parenchyma. A bacterial infection (primary or…
Neonatal Colic Basic Information Definition Colic is the descriptive term used for abdominal pain and can have many causes. Epidemiology Species, Age, Sex There is no gender predisposition for most…
Large Colon Nonstrangulating Infarction Basic Information Definition Loss of blood supply to the colon not associated with strangulation Synonym(s) Mural infarction, thromboembolic colic Epidemiology Risk Factors • High parasite load…
Cyathostominosis Basic Information Definition Parasitic infection in the large colon or cecum with cyathostomes (small strongyles) Synonym(s) • Larval cyathostomiasis • Cyathostomiasis Epidemiology Species, Age, Sex Most common in horses…
Fecal Flotation Basic Information Definition A test to detect parasite eggs, oocysts, or cysts in feces Typical Normal Range (US units; SI units) Results are reported as positive or negative…
Fecal Culture Basic Information Definition Examination of fecal material for the presence of enteric bacterial pathogens Typical Normal Range (US units; SI units) The results are reported as “no significant…
West Nile Virus (WNV) Basic Information Definition • A positive sense, single stranded, enveloped RNA virus, is a flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. • WNV is subcategorized as a member…
Fibrinogen (Fibrin) Degradation Products/D-dimer Basic Information Definition Fibrinogen (or fibrin) degradation products (FDPs) are fragments released following plasmin-mediated degradation of fibrinogen or fibrin. The d-dimer is a specific fragment formed…
