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sam72431

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Also in veterinary: I own a five year old hanoverian, he was suffering with mud fever which turned out to be photsensitivity, (took a long time to diagnose) vet took blood samples a couple of months ago and he was on antibiotics, steriods and hepatosyl, bloods showed raised liver enzyms, a week later after all the treatment still raised and one had gone up! All of them are not worrying however and vet said to leave it a month and then take more bloods! I therefore put him on Naf BLK and he is also on Naf Energy as well as topform which he has always had, he seems bright and happy in himself but can be fairly lazy in work, anyway vet took more bloods yesterday and they have come down his CQT (???) is now 88 and was 111 and it should be in 60s so they arent worryingly high, vet said we can do more antibiotics but no more steriods, his legs have all cleared up and are looking really good, should I be concerned? Vet said if it doesnt improve then we would look to do a scan and biopsy, but I'm a little worried as he isnt covered on insurance because I stupidly let insurance lapse and then when I took out the new policy the vet came out within the 14 day not insureed for medical bit so what is the rough cost? Has anyone else got experiance of this, he definitely has more energy since being on the energy and all his other bloods are really good, literally only the liver! Anyone with any experiance please! Is there anything else I could be doing? Thanks
 
Bumping this up for you.

Also, I use Milk Thistle to help the liver. When any of mine are on Bute or similar they have it in their feeds.

Does the vet have any idea what's caused your lad's levels to rise?
 
Oh thanks, the BLK does contain milk thistle but apparently you cant feed too much so I am going to get some pure Milk Thistle as well, no she doesnt thats why she said we would need to do a biopsy! Thanks
 
My mares bill for biopsy, lab tests, bloods, stay in over night was £450. She's now on milk thistle, 2 of her enzymes are back within normal limits but 1 is still high so will be doing more blood in January.
 
I pay about 15 quid a month for milk thistle for mine. vet recommended and she'd have been pts without so cheap and easy to source but amazing stuff
 
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