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Basic laboratory diagnostics Basic laboratory diagnostics
Haematology Serum enzyme activities
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Basophilia* Increased ALT*

Stimulation of Anaphylaxis Hyperlipidaemia Uncontrolled
production production Muscle
cell damage Liver cell damage

– Parasite infestation

Basophilic leukaemia – Myositis
(e.g. toxoplasmosis, Secondary to
lupus erythematosus) Primary liver disease extrahepatic disease
* – Muscle trauma

– Hepatitis/Cholangitis – Sepsis
– FIP (cat) – Pancreatitis
– Lymphoma – Intestinal barrier
– Hepatocellular dysfunction
carcinoma – Hypothyroidism (dog)
– Hepatic lipidosis (cat) – Hyperthyroidism (cat)
– Drug toxicity – Diabetes mellitus
(e.g. NSAID, doxycycline) – Hyperadrenocorticism
– Toxins (e.g. aflatoxins) – Hypoxaemia
(e.g. cardiovascular
disorders, anaemia)

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* Basopenia is not clinically relevant * Decreased ALT activity is not clinically relevant

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