Fine needle aspiration and liver cytology
A simple method for diagnosis and prognosis of fatty liver in cattle
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https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1996no30p53-55Keywords:
biopsy, cytology, diagnosis, fatty liver, fine needle aspiration, liver, liver diseases, prognosisAbstract
Fatty liver in cattle is quite common around parturition. Diagnosis is difficult and often time and resource consuming. Hepatic FNA is a useful, fast and inexpensive diagnostic tool. This article describes in detail a method of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of liver. The fatty change/degeneration of liver is classified on a scale of 0 (normal) to 5 (fig. 2-7). Fatty change grade 3 or below gives a good prognosis. Fatty change grade 4 gives a guarded to poor prognosis, especially if primary illness is the cause of poor appetite.
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1996-05-01
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Hoff, B., Cote, J., & Steen, A. (1996). Fine needle aspiration and liver cytology: A simple method for diagnosis and prognosis of fatty liver in cattle. The Bovine Practitioner, 1996(30), 53–55. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1996no30p53-55
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