Hepatic Disease in Small Animals: An Overview
Introduction to Liver Disease The liver is responsible for a variety of functions, including lipid, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism; vitamin storage, metabolism, and activation; mineral, glycogen, and triglyceride storage; extramedullary hematopoiesis; and coagulant, anticoagulant, and several acute phase proteins synthesis. Through the production and enterohepatic circulation of bile acids, as well as the detoxification of […]