Impaired immune response is a common feature of the disease. Several dog breeds appear to have a genetic predisposition to develop chronic inflammatory liver disease.
In veterinary medicine, cases of liver toxicity are therefore very frequent.
it can be defined as the final stage of a chronic progressive and irreversible disease of the liver, determined by different causes which can be viral or bacterial hepatitis, rather than environmental toxins or drugs.Another pathology affecting the liver is steatosis, ie an intracytoplasmic accumulation of lipids affecting the hepatocytes.
This accumulation can be physiological in the case of pregnancy or lactation of ruminants, or pathological following both exogenous and endogenous toxicosis.
it can be a valuable aid to counteract, and in some way prevent, these liver problems, especially in older dogs and cats, perhaps affected by a certain degree of obesity.Among the phytotherapeutic remedies most used in the treatment of liver diseases we remember the extracts of milk thistle standardized in silymarin, those of boldo, turmeric and artichoke; in addition, amino acids with a detoxifying action are used, such as glutamine, methionine and N-acetylcysteine, antioxidants such as selenium, coenzyme Q10, glutathione and lipoic acid, and vitamins important for liver health, such as vitamin B6 , B12 and choline.
