Devil May Care had a hepatitis caused by lymphosaroma, and Uncle Mo has a cholangiohepatitis secondary to intestinal infection. Two very different things, these horses had very different presentations reported, the only commonality with both was/is "the liver" was involved.
There are a hundred things that can cause inflammation in the liver ("hepatitis"). It's a description of an organ system condition, not a disease.
BTW, a "steroid hepatopathy" secondary to exogenous steroid use doesn't really present like either of the above two things, and is easy to diagnose, even if the owner was lying to you about giving steroids.
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