Copper Storage Disease In Dogs Prognosis

Rational pharmacologic therapy of hepatobiliary disease in dogs and cats.

Copper storage disease in dogs prognosis.

Clinical signs are variable as some pets may not have any clinical signs while others may have severe neurological deficits secondary to liver dysfunction. Copper storage hepatopathy in dogs. Copper storage hepatopathy is a condition caused by an abnormal accumulation of copper in the animal s liver which leads to progressive damage and scarring of the liver cirrhosis. A gene mutation causes copper storage disease in bedlington terriers.

This condition may be secondary to a primary disease or the result of genetic based abnormal copper metabolism. Changes in dog food in the. Copper is found in trace elements in the diet. These dogs are bedlington terrier doberman pinscher skye terrier and western highland white terrier and cause hepatitis and cirrhosis in all of them and is also a genetic disease.

Iatrogenic copper deficiency associated with long term copper chelation for treatment of copper storage disease in a bedlington terrier. Symptoms signs of copper storage disease. In dogs with copper storage disease excess copper is not excreted accumulates within the liver cells and causes damage. Sartor ll trepanier la.

Copper storage disease can occur as a primary disease or secondary to another disease such as diseases that cause build up of bile. It is necessary to remember that if the disease remains untreated then it can prove to be fatal for the dog. Excessive copper ingestion ndash. Seguin ma bunch se.

Compend contin educ pract vet 2003 25 432 447. This isn rsquo t normally a problem but dogs with a genetic tendency to excessive copper storage can be affected by a high copper diet.