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My dog keeps getting jaundice. Is it serious given his hepatitis?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Whippet | Male | neutered

Merlin keeps getting jundice reoccurring, should I be worried? He is eating and drinking. He has been treated for hepatitis in the past but jundice seems to reoccur. Maybe happens every appox 5 months maybe less maybe more.

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 24th, 2018

Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. If he has a history of hepatitis, and you are seeing episodic jaundice I would recommend getting an abdominal ultrasound done on him. I would also recommend starting him on a supplement called Denamarin, which can be found online quite easily. I would also recommend having his blood values tested every 6 months or more frequent depending on how severe his liver values are. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

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