Canine hepatic / liver disease — diet — representative studies (Europe PMC)

Canine hepatic / liver disease — diet — representative studies (Europe PMC)

Source: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, query "dog hepatic disease diet", 5870 hits (2026-07-22). Each entry is a first-hand peer-reviewed study; the abstract opening is quoted verbatim from the publisher abstract. Five representative studies below.

1. PMID 41818730 — Long-term safety and efficacy of oral bezafibrate use in dogs with hypertriglyceridemia. (Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2026). Abstract (opening): Background Bezafibrate (BZF) is effective for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia in dogs, but there is limited data on its long-term use. Hypothesis/objectives Assess the *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
2. PMID 41976013 — Plant-Derived Functional Ingredients in Pet Nutrition: Phytochemical Classification, Mechanisms, Efficacy, and Application in Dogs and Cats. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026). Abstract (opening): This review classifies plant-derived functional ingredients in pet food according to phytochemical groups and application forms, including direct oral supplementation and *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
3. PMID 41624119 — Severe hepatic lipidosis in a dog: a case report. (Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal, 2025). Abstract (opening): Hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver) is a rare condition in dogs, primarily caused by improper feeding and care practices. It involves the accumulation of triacylglycerols in *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
4. PMID 41685531 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 3-year-old Standard Poodle fed a raw elk-meat diet developed anorexia, icterus, and markedly elevated liver enzymes; histopathology revealed pancreatic and biliary-duct Hammondia heydorni infection. (Source excerpt truncated at abstract opening.)
5. PMID 41800300 — Case Report: long-term calcaemia management in a dog after thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy. (Frontiers in veterinary science, 2026). Abstract (opening): This report describes a canine case of severe hypocalcaemia following the surgical removal of a thyroid lobe and the ipsilateral parathyroid glands for thyroid carcinoma. After *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*

Note: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.

Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_canine_hepatic_diet_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST, 2026-07-22).

License & attribution

Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41624119/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41685531/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41800300/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41818730/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41976013/