| 英文描述 | Hyperlipemia is a disorder of lipid metabolism in horses. Clinical signs are due to hepatic and/or renal failure due to fatty infiltration, and can be complicated by uderlying disease and metabolic acidosis. Usually but not always in ponies or miniature horses, especially fat, pregnant or nursing animals. There is one report of congenital hyperlipemia in a pony foal born to a mare which itself suffered from this disease. Dx by visible hyperlipemia in blood, which appears as opaque, white-to-yellow serum that has a high triglyceride concentration. The prognosis is poor, with death usually occurring 3 days to 3 weeks from the onset of signs. |
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