Hepatosis dietetica - Atlas of swine pathology

Hepatosis dietetica

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Possible causes: Gastric ulcersOther

Hepatosis dietetica in pigs is related to Vitamin E and Selenium deficiency. It produces necrosis and congestion of centrilobular areas of the hepatic lobules (red dots in the liver of the picture), giving the gross appearance of a red spot network. Gastric ulceration also produces centrilobular hepatic necrosis due to anemia.

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