RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS OF THE 28th ECVIM-CA CONGRESS

A total of 17 dogs were included. Median age at presentation was 8 years (range 4‐11). Eleven dogs were female and six were males. No sex predisposition was found (Chi Square test p=0.23). All dogs were pure‐breed, namely: German shepherd (3/17), Labrador Retriever (2/17), Cocker Spaniel (2/17), Beauceron (2/17), American Staffordshire Terrier (2/17), Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (2/17), Mongrel (1/17), Jack Russell Terrier (1/17), West Highland White Terrier (1/17) and Dalmatian (1/17). Main clinical complaints were: an incidental finding of increased liver‐enzymes (5/17), anorexia/decreased appetite (5/17), weight loss (4/17), polyuria/polydipsia (3/17), vomiting (3/17) and jaundice (2/17). Abdominal US was performed in all the dogs. Main findings included: an heterogenous mottled liver (5/17), hepatomegaly (4/17), hypoechoic nodules (3/17) and microhepatia (3/17). Rhodanine staining pattern was centrilobular (zone 3) in 8/17 and peri‐portal (zone 1) in 3/17. In 6/17 the pattern was considered multifocal.