Cholangiohepatitis / Bile Duct Inflammation (possibly with gallstones)

Veterinary care required

This condition belongs in veterinary diagnosis and treatment. Compounds are at most supportive.

Priority · vet & management

Veterinary diagnosis (blood values, ultrasound, possibly biopsy/bacteriology) and therapy come first; a bacterial cholangiohepatitis requires a vet-prescribed, often lengthy antibiotic treatment (prescription-only).

Possible causes

• · ascending bacterial infection from the intestine (e.g. enterobacteria)
• · gallstones/biliary sludge with obstruction of drainage
• · an accompanying sign of other intestinal/liver diseases

Supportive compounds · supplementary feed, not medication

Prevention

A targeted prevention is hardly possible; have it worked up by the vet early as soon as fever, jaundice or persistent lethargy occur.

Equiterna's take

Equiterna emphasises that a bacterial bile-duct inflammation needs the antibiogram and the patience of the vet — liver-supporting plants such as milk thistle or artichoke are a traditionally discussed accompanying building block, not a substitute for the causal treatment.