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Persistent hyperbilirubinemia in a healthy thoroughbred horse
T J Divers1, K A Schappel, R W Sweeney
1Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
The Cornell Veterinarian
|July 1, 1993
Summary
A healthy horse experienced persistent jaundice due to issues with bilirubin conjugation, not liver disease or red blood cell breakdown. This condition resembles a human syndrome linked to a familial deficiency in bilirubin-uridine diphosphate glucuronyl transferase.
Area of Science:
- Veterinary Medicine
- Biochemistry
- Equine Health
Background:
- Persistent hyperbilirubinemia and icterus were observed in a 4-year-old Thoroughbred horse.
- The condition was not linked to food intake, hemolysis, or acquired liver disease.