I remember my veterinarian doing blood work on Arnold and he had elevated liver enzymes. She did the tests for Cushing disease but it was negative..thanks for the upload Dr Alex I appreciate you for your work in helping people with there pets.
@@OurPetsHealth I'm dealing with this now. I've had my dog for 8 years now, she is estimated to be around 10 but could be older (probably is). took her to the vet cause she was drinking buckets of water and having accidents. They did a urinalysis (which was fine but very diluted) and bloodwork, the blood work showed elevated ALT and ALKP(the one for bile flow). they had me come back a week later to retest the blood which showed Alt increased. she's now been at the vet daily for the past three days doing a variety of tests and intravenous fluids and antibiotics. Today she seemed more like herself but she is going back tomorrow for more of the same.
My 10 year old sheltie has really high enzymes. Tested for everything we can so far and no answers. Medications have all had no effect. Cushings negative, bile acid test came back normal. ALP 628 and ALT of 272. She’s super anxious and takes zylkene to help but vet said that would have any effect. Has had multiple ultrasounds, nothing. Frustrating.
A blood test over 5 months ago showed raised liver enzymes.. my dog is 14 years old.. I was given some capsules to help support the liver but my dog is showing no signs at all of any liver problems. How can I support my dog with homeopathy
One thing that veterinarians are keeping hush about (for some odd reason) is excess copper in commercial dog foods that are slowly killing our dog's livers. This has been known for decades but because the American Veterinary Medical Association is I bed with big dog food corporations, they just keep pet owners in the dark. The trend to natural, raw or gently cooked foods either homemade or commercial from reputable companies can also be a problem if they add a lot of bovine or lamb liver to their formulations (ungulate liver contains a lot of endogenous copper so it is not a good idea for a dog to eat these high copper foods daily if at all). Some of these fresh food companies add a lot of ungulate liver and then on top of that indiscriminately dump in a mineral premix with more copper. The result is a food with 5 to 11 fold above the AAFCO minimum for copper. No data for what is an ideal level of copper in a natural form on a daily basis so we have to guess. We do know that the European federation of feed controls has decided that a safe upper limit for dog food is 28 milligrams per kilogram dry matter. For comparison, the AAFCO minimum is 7.3 milligrams per kilogram of dry matter. So, probably shooting for around 10 to 14 milligrams per kilogram DM is a guesstimate for an optimal value. These values are themselves estimates but better to have some guidelines than none. US companies that use human grade ingredients and no toxic byproducts AND who also publish their full nutrient, batch test average values include Evermore, Raised Right, Bixbis, and Steve's Real Food for dogs. I have only listed these four companies because they do not dump in supplemental copper to their formulas. The values for copper for the first three companies, for all their formulas including Beef and Lamb fall within a safe range of copper in my opinion BUT, The Beef and "Lamu" Steve's varieties have an average of 48 and 80 mgs/kg respectively and so in my opinion are not safe to feed-- Maybe in rotation with very low copper varieties or diluted with plain meat but no warning on the label.
My Sharpeiboxer has high ALP 1040, ALT 317 , she is eating ok, she has gained weight, she is deep breathing , she eats alot I noticed her abdomen is swollen but maybe she is fat sincce she gained like 20 pounds. My vete send her Demarian I am giving it to her, also milk thrisstle. Any ideas please?
Denamarin contains the active ingredient in Milk Thistle which is Silimarin so maybe better to just give the Denamarin as prescribed. Make sure your dog is not eating a high copper food for good measure.
Hello, my 5 months old puppy ate half the soap bar, i took him to vet they induced the vomit. His bloodwork showed ALT level 291 u/L and GGT 4 U/L. Do you think this could be because of soap and rhe levels will fall back to normal? Thanks
I remember my veterinarian doing blood work on Arnold and he had elevated liver enzymes. She did the tests for Cushing disease but it was negative..thanks for the upload Dr Alex I appreciate you for your work in helping people with there pets.
elevated liver enzymes can certainly pose a real challenge to get to the bottom of
@@OurPetsHealth I'm dealing with this now. I've had my dog for 8 years now, she is estimated to be around 10 but could be older (probably is). took her to the vet cause she was drinking buckets of water and having accidents. They did a urinalysis (which was fine but very diluted) and bloodwork, the blood work showed elevated ALT and ALKP(the one for bile flow). they had me come back a week later to retest the blood which showed Alt increased. she's now been at the vet daily for the past three days doing a variety of tests and intravenous fluids and antibiotics. Today she seemed more like herself but she is going back tomorrow for more of the same.
@@karenj5880 did you get to the bottom of this?
I remember my veterinarian doing blood work on Arnold and he had elevated liver enzymes. Thanks for the upload Dr Alex.
My 10 year old sheltie has really high enzymes. Tested for everything we can so far and no answers. Medications have all had no effect. Cushings negative, bile acid test came back normal. ALP 628 and ALT of 272. She’s super anxious and takes zylkene to help but vet said that would have any effect. Has had multiple ultrasounds, nothing. Frustrating.
@@SecretMoose did you find anything as mine is diabetic too
@ nope :(
A blood test over 5 months ago showed raised liver enzymes.. my dog is 14 years old.. I was given some capsules to help support the liver but my dog is showing no signs at all of any liver problems. How can I support my dog with homeopathy
That's great that there is no sign of any problem. Here are my thoughts on homeopathy - th-cam.com/video/x3HTUMcbKEw/w-d-xo.html
One thing that veterinarians are keeping hush about (for some odd reason) is excess copper in commercial dog foods that are slowly killing our dog's livers. This has been known for decades but because the American Veterinary Medical Association is I bed with big dog food corporations, they just keep pet owners in the dark. The trend to natural, raw or gently cooked foods either homemade or commercial from reputable companies can also be a problem if they add a lot of bovine or lamb liver to their formulations (ungulate liver contains a lot of endogenous copper so it is not a good idea for a dog to eat these high copper foods daily if at all). Some of these fresh food companies add a lot of ungulate liver and then on top of that indiscriminately dump in a mineral premix with more copper. The result is a food with 5 to 11 fold above the AAFCO minimum for copper. No data for what is an ideal level of copper in a natural form on a daily basis so we have to guess. We do know that the European federation of feed controls has decided that a safe upper limit for dog food is 28 milligrams per kilogram dry matter. For comparison, the AAFCO minimum is 7.3 milligrams per kilogram of dry matter. So, probably shooting for around 10 to 14 milligrams per kilogram DM is a guesstimate for an optimal value. These values are themselves estimates but better to have some guidelines than none.
US companies that use human grade ingredients and no toxic byproducts AND who also publish their full nutrient, batch test average values include Evermore, Raised Right, Bixbis, and Steve's Real Food for dogs. I have only listed these four companies because they do not dump in supplemental copper to their formulas. The values for copper for the first three companies, for all their formulas including Beef and Lamb fall within a safe range of copper in my opinion BUT, The Beef and "Lamu" Steve's varieties have an average of 48 and 80 mgs/kg respectively and so in my opinion are not safe to feed-- Maybe in rotation with very low copper varieties or diluted with plain meat but no warning on the label.
My Sharpeiboxer has high ALP 1040, ALT 317 , she is eating ok, she has gained weight, she is deep breathing , she eats alot I noticed her abdomen is swollen but maybe she is fat sincce she gained like 20 pounds. My vete send her Demarian I am giving it to her, also milk thrisstle. Any ideas please?
Hey Aldo, how is your dog doing now? My dog also gained weight and turns out she’s bleeding internally
Denamarin contains the active ingredient in Milk Thistle which is Silimarin so maybe better to just give the Denamarin as prescribed. Make sure your dog is not eating a high copper food for good measure.
Hello, my 5 months old puppy ate half the soap bar, i took him to vet they induced the vomit. His bloodwork showed ALT level 291 u/L and GGT 4 U/L. Do you think this could be because of soap and rhe levels will fall back to normal? Thanks