Marked icterus (jaundice) in a mixed-breed dog. Note the exceptional yellow colouration of the mucosas and subcutaneous fat. Death occurred in the sequence of severe idiopathic hepatitis. The images below show lesions of zonal hepatic necrosis (centrilobular) and biliary nephrosis with large amounts of biliary pigment visible in the cells of the renal tubules.

 



 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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