2015 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

The overall prevalence of hypocobalaminemia in the cats with FHL was relatively low (19%) and was not associated with the presence of a definitely diagnosed underlying disease. However, cats suffering from FHL, with and without a definitively diagnosed underlying disease, had higher serum MMA concentrations than healthy cats, possibly indicating that some of them had cobalamin deficiency at a cellular level. The overall prevalence of hypofolatemia in cats with FHL was higher (56%) and was not associated with the presence of a definitively diagnosed underlying disease. Diagnostic cholecystocentesis is frequently performed for the evaluation of hepatobiliary disease in small animals. In our clinical experience, cytologic bactibilia is not always associated with a positive microbiologic culture and large studies describing cytologic findings of bile are lacking in the veterinary literature. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the agreement between cytologic and microbiologic findings in the bile of dogs and cats with hepatobiliary disease.