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Originally Posted by Riot
DMC had a different liver enzyme profile, and didn't respond well to treatment from day one. That's often pathognomonic for lymphosarcoma, which yes, can be difficult to diagnose even with biopsy/imaging until very late in the disease course, especially when the animal is put on glucocorticoids to help treat the presenting clinical symptoms (as that dampens down many markers of the clinical presentation of lymphosarcoma, and extends life)
UM responded well from day one, with a different blood profile, and a small relapse with a subacute cholangiohepatis isn't an uncommon sequela to a GI tract infection.
The different hepatic conditions present clearly differently upon a good diagnostic workup: liver/lymph biopsy, diagnostic imaging (ultrasound), bloodwork, response to different treatments, etc.
What was relayed publicly about both horses was entirely consistent with the subsequent individual conditions announced, and inconsistent with much of the casual speculation.
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So you do have access to the bloodwork on both horses. I presumed that you were merely going off the same DRF and Blood-Horse reports that everyone else was. As no real specific details were given in those related to the diagnostic work, you can see how, superficially, both cases seemed to progress in near parallel fashion (not that Uncle Mo's is over just yet).
Having personally reviewed the pertinent information collected from all the workup done, you no doubt are in a better position to distinguish between the two horses' respective illnesses.