The liver is paramount in an animal's metabolism, playing a key role in regulating protein, carbohydrates, fat, viatmins, and minerals.

The discussion below is directed at therapy for chronic hepatitis but much of what is presented can also be extrapolated to other types of liver disease in both the dog and cat.

Chronic hepatitis is an etiologic diverse and morphologically variable condition associated by mixed inflammatory cell infiltrates.

The detection of abnormal liver biochemical tests in the asymptomatic as well as the symptomatic patient is a common finding on the routine blood screen.

Several hepatobiliary disorders have recently come under increased awareness in dogs.

The so-called "reactive hepatopathies" which occur secondary to non-hepatic disease can result in increased serum biochemical hepatic tests and histomorphologic abnormalities.

Liver disease is common in the cat and the finding of icterus is a frequently a clinical clue that the cause is primary liver disease.

Expert discussion on feline pancreatitis, including, clinical signs and risk factors, causes, associated conditions, diagnostic testing, treatment, pain management, and monitoring.

This round­table discussion shares the current clinical, medical, and scientific understanding of vomiting and its physiology, cause, and control in companion animal­medicine. Due to the paucity of FDA-approved products, the discussion includes the extra-label use of human harmaceuticals.