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Copper Toxicosis in Bedlington Terriers

Koppar toxikos hos Bedlington Terriers

Abstract

Copper toxicosis of Bedlington Terriers (Chronic progressive hepatitis) is a genetically transmitted disease. The typical feature of this disease is accumulation of copper in the liver tissue. The changes vary from mild hepatitis to chronic progressive hepatitis and cirrhosis.

The material of this study consists of 2 cases of copper toxicosis examined at the Department of Pathology in Helsinki in the years 1980–82. Moreover a re-examination of tissue samples was made of all Bedlington Terriers examined during the years 1969–1982 at the same department. Six of the 14 examined dogs showed a positive reaction for copper in their liver tissues. The possible relationship of the examined dogs is not yet known.

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Koppar toxikos är en ärftlig sjukdom hos Bedlington Terriers och typiskt för den är en accumulering av koppar i levern. Koppar lagras i hepatocy terna med leverskador varierande från lindriga degenerative ändringar till cirros soin följd. I detta arbete undersöktes njure, lever och hjärtmuskulatur av 14 hundar med en speciell koppar färg-ning. Sex av de 14 undersökta hundarna hade olika mängder av koppar i levern. Då sjukdomen är ärftlig, skall den beaktas i hundaveln även i Finland.

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Eriksson, J. Copper Toxicosis in Bedlington Terriers. Acta Vet Scand 24, 148–152 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546743

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