Encourage healing and regeneration. Maintain the life of the animal until adequate liver function can be restored. Treatment of liver disease will differ depending on the cause of the initial damage. The pet that has liver disease as a result of trauma may require only hospitalization, good nursing care and proper dietary management to make a successful recovery. If infection is determined to be the cause of liver disease, the supportive therapy may have to include antibiotics.
Liver disease causes damage to the individual liver cells.
As more and more of the individual cells are damaged, the work of the entire organ is decreased and can result in liver failure. Fortunately, for us and our pets, the liver has a big reserve capacity and, unlike some of the other organs in the body, has the ability to regenerate. Therefore, if we eliminate the harmful agent and institute proper dietary therapy, chances are good for recovery. Often dietary therapy is the single most important method of modifying the course of most spontaneous liver diseases. The goals of dietary therapy are to reduce the signs of sickness associated with liver failure and at the same time provide optimal conditions for liver repair and regeneration.