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Testing overview for canine thyroid disorder
canine thyroid DIAGNOSTIC Testing , INTERPRETATION AND DOSING Hemopet W. Jean Dodds, DVM 11561 Salinaz Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92843 Testing overview for canine thyroid disorder This publication is extracted from Diana Laverdure s and my book The canine thyroid Epidemic: Answers You Need for Your Dog. thyroid disease is complex and diagnosis of hypothyroidism is difficult to achieve. So, I believe everyone in the veterinary community can benefit from understanding why specific diagnostic tests are necessary in order to make an accurate diagnosis of hypothyroidism, and how proper interpretation of those tests is as much an art as it is a science. Total T4 This test measures the total amount of T4 [thyroxine] hormone circulating in the blood both bound and unbound molecules. More than 99 percent of T4 hormone is bound, meaning that it attaches to proteins in the blood and never reaches the tissues. Therefore, a T4 result by itself is often misleading, since it is affected by anything that changes the amount of binding proteins circulating in the blood, such as occurs with certain drugs.
CANINE THYROID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, INTERPRETATION AND DOSING Hemopet W. Jean Dodds, DVM 11561 Salinaz Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92843 Testing overview for canine thyroid disorder This publication is extracted from Diana Laverdure’s and my book The Canine Thyroid Epidemic: Answers You Need for Your …
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