The lecture will not cover detail regarding the pathophysiology of anaphylaxis of which there exist many excellent published descriptions. Rather, the lecture will focus on how to rapidly gain supportive evidence for the diagnosis of canine anaphylaxis, including the sonographic marker of gallbladder wall edema; and important rule outs for sonographically-detected gallbladder wall edema that can confound the diagnosis at the expense of the patient; and a newly described fascinating complication referred to by the author as canine "anaphylaxis-related, heparin-induced hemoabdomen" that is medically-treated.
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