Definitive Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism in the Dog: Part 3, Confirmation Tests
Channel: VetMedAcademy
Date: 12/12/2019

Part 3 of a 5-part presentation by Duncan C. Ferguson, VMD, PhD, DACVIM, DACVCP on the diagnostic tests for canine hypothyroidism. Part 3 addresses common confirmation tests for the diagnosis of this condition such as free T4, TSH, combinations of total T4 or free T4 and TSH, and tests of thyroid autoimmunity including anti-thyroglobulin (anti-Tg) autoantibody, and anti-T4 and anti-T3 autoantibodies, as well as specialty tests such as scintigraphy and the TRH stimulation test with measurement of growth hormone.  Presented by VetMedAcademy.org
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