What Causes Dog Liver Failure and Liver Disease?
As all animals and creatures mature their organs tend to work less and less efficiently due to the lifespan of organs coming to an end. As time passes organs will generally get worse until they fail to work at all resulting in death of ‘old age’. This is the case with liver failure and is the cause of a long life of general wear and tear over the years; the only way to help dogs with this condition is to give them a diet that requires less work from the liver. The most common cause of liver disease in dogs is liver tumours among others and this will cause the gradual deterioration of the liver making it unable to function thus leading to an uncomfortable end for the dog in which case most vets will opt for humanely putting the dog in question to rest. What Your Vet May Say or Do Your vet will usually look for signs of the symptoms noted at the top of this page and then proceed to take blood tests and possible urine test to try and distinguish this from other kidney failure conditions.
