i know for a fact it has sunthin to do w/dogs.
2006-08-02 10:32:58 · 8 answers · asked by Sarbear 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Shunt is a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another. A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current. Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body.
Verb form is to transfer to another track, of trains. Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.
2006-08-02 10:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by Zeta 5 · 13⤊ 1⤋
I'm going to go with you are asking about liver shunts. Here goes:
Shunts are present in fetuses since organs are not fully developed and the fetus liver does not process the blood. Once born, shunts are normally closed off by the body, and the organs do what they are supposed to. With a liver shunt, the bypass of the liver does not close off and therefore a lot of the blood is not processed by the liver. Not good! The liver processes and detoxifies the blood- if it doesn't get the blood- it can't process it. If they did not close naturally after birth, surgery is the next/only option in most cases. See Merck Veterinary Manual website below.
2006-08-02 13:29:55 · answer #2 · answered by Pook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. If you've ever seen the show on TLC called Little People Big World about dwarfs, their son had a shunt. A shunt is a hole or passage which moves, or allows movement of, fluid from one part of the body to another.
2006-08-02 10:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by tustudent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A shunt is a drainage tube. If your animal has had surgery they sometime put in a shunt to let the excess stuff drain so your pet doesnt become more ill from an infection.
2006-08-02 10:39:33 · answer #4 · answered by angela_hauff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A shunt is a general medical term meaning to by-pass something. Shunts are used for different reasons. Your question was too general.
2006-08-02 10:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in medical lingo shunt is,like in arterio venous SHUNT a newly developed communication
2006-08-02 10:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not dogs in particular - it's a medical term
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunt_%28medical%29
2006-08-02 10:36:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in football it stands for a short punt.
2006-08-02 10:36:25 · answer #8 · answered by Cheesie M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋