Hyperlipidemia Disorders in Dogs

CE Full-text articles and CE testing at CompendiumVet.com.Send comments/ questions via email compendium@ medimedia.com, fax 800-556-3288, or web CompendiumVet.com. Lipid disorders are common in dogs, with most arising from secondary causes such as endocrine imbalances, cholestatic liver disease, or protein-losing nephropathies.Two primary lipid disorders—idiopathic hyperlipidemia in miniature schnauzers and hypercholesterolemia in briards—are also recognized. Visualization of a lipemic fasted blood sample or elevated plasma cholesterol or triglyceride in combination with clinical assessment is the method by which most lipid disorders are diagnosed. Cholesterol and triglyceride are components of larger molecules called lipoproteins, which have a complex and highly regulated metabolism that is important to understand when altered by lipid