Sentences with phrase «acinar atrophy»

Inheritance of pancreatic acinar atrophy in German Shepherd Dogs in the USA.

For example, in collaboration with Dr. Leigh Anne Clark's group at the Clemson University in South Carolina we have identified an association of a specific DLA class I allele with pancreatic acinar atrophy in the German Shepherd Dog.

She received the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine Fisher Institute Medical Research Award, 2004, for her dissertation, titled: Transmission genetics of pancreatic acinar atrophy in the German Shep Dog.

Analysis of a candidate gene for pancreatic acinar atrophy in the German Shepherd Dog.

She has been funded by the Canine Health Foundation to study several genetic diseases, including pancreatic acinar atrophy (EPI) and degenerative myelopathy in the German shepherd dog.

Dr. Tsai is currently sequencing dog leukocyte antigen class I and II loci and assigning alleles for a funded study to evaluate if certain alleles are associated with pancreatic acinar atrophy (EPI)

Causes include pancreatitis or idiopathic pancreatic acinar atrophy, where the production of enzymes responsible for fat, protein and starch digestion is reduced.

The most common cause of digestive enzyme deficiency in dogs is pancreatic acinar atrophy, where the pancreas simply becomes shriveled and useless.

Pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA) is probably the most common cause of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in the dog.

A familial predisposition to pancreatic acinar atrophy has been reported in German Shepherd Dogs, Collies and English Setters (Westermarck 1980; Boari et al 1994; Moeller et al 2002; Wiberg 2004).

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, sometimes called pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA), pancreatic hypoplasia, malabsorbtion, or malassimilation, is a potentially life - threatening autoimmune disease which attacks the parts of the pancreas that produce digestive enzymes.

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency — sometimes called pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA), pancreatic hypoplasia, malabsorbtion, or malassimilation — is an autoimmune disease which attacks the parts of the pancreas that produce digestive enzymes.

In dogs, EPI is usually due to pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA).

In acinar atrophy, the acinar cells in the pancreas that store digestive enzymes become shriveled and dysfunctional.

In dogs, this condition is often attributed to pancreatic acinar atrophy, wherein the enzyme - producing acinar cells are believed to be destroyed through an autoimmune process.»