Overview

• Released to serum after damage to, or proliferation of, hepatocytes.
• Little tissue specificity in the rabbit. Heart muscle has similar ALT activity to liver.
• However, do see significant elevations in ALT in conditions of hepatic damage and necrosis.

Sampling

Tests

Methodologies

• Varies between laboratories.

Availability

• Widely available.

Result Data

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Meredith A & Rayment L (2000) Liver disease in rabbits. Sem Avian Exotic Pet Med9(3), 146-152.
• Benson K G & Paul-Murphy J (1999) Clinical pathology of the domestic rabbit: acquisition and interpretation of samples. Vet Clin North Am Exotic Anim Pract 2 (3), 539-552 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Varga M (2014) Textbook of Rabbit Medicine. 2^nd edn. Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier, UK.
• Wesche P (2014) Clinical Pathology. In: BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine. Eds: Meredith A & Lord B. pp 124-137. BSAVA, UK.
• Fudge A M (1999) Laboratory Medicine. Avian and Exotic Pets. W B Saunders Co. ISBN: 0721 676 790.