Table 2.

Ultrasound features (parenchymal pattern, hepatic duct aspect, biliary tract aspect and liver size recorded on the longitudinal and transverse axis, expressed in cm) observed in each animal of the treated hill dog (B_T) group, at T0 (before the beginning of treatment) and T3 (30 days after the administration of Epacare pet + pasta^®).

BT	Ultrasound Features
	T0					T3
Animal	Parenchymal Pattern	Hepatic Duct	Biliary Tract	Longitudinal Axis (cm)	Transverse Axis (cm)	Parenchymal Pattern	Hepatic Duct	Biliary Tract	Longitudinal Axis (cm)	Transverse Axis (cm)
1	Hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Enlarged	Normal	13.45	7.50	Slightly hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	10.62	5.00
2	Hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	15.30	10.67	Slightly hyperechoic	Normal	Normal	13.40	8.50
3	Hyperechoic	Enlarged	Normal	12.70	11.86	Normal	Normal	Normal	8.94	7.61
4	Hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	11.05	10.08	Normal	Normal	Normal	8.70	6.52
5	Hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	12.07	9.85	Normal, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	8.92	7.45
6	Hyperechoic	Enlarged	Normal	13.45	10.42	Slightly hyperechoic	Normal	Normal	9.50	7.77
7	Hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	12.98	9.85	Normal	Normal	Normal	9.70	7.23
8	Hyperechoic	Normal	Normal	15.45	10.12	Normal	Normal	Normal	10.45	8.20
9	Hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Enlarged	Normal	15.78	10.96	Slightly hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	10.23	8.12
10	Slightly hyperechoic	Enlarged	Normal	12.36	9.87	Normal	Normal	Normal	9.48	7.10
11	Slightly hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	12.02	8.56	Normal	Normal	Normal	8.79	6.52
12	Slightly hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	15.78	7.89	Normal, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	10.32	5.58
13	Slightly hyperechoic	Enlarged	Normal	14.99	8.98	Normal	Normal	Normal	11.02	6.45
14	Slightly hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	12.63	7.85	Normal	Normal	Normal	9.89	5.15
15	Slightly hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	11.98	8.00	Normal, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	8.78	5.28
16	Slightly hyperechoic	Enlarged	Normal	12.45	9.56	Normal	Normal	Normal	9.45	6.87
17	Slightly hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Enlarged	12.63	9.12	Normal, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	9.23	6.23
18	Hyperechoic	Enlarged	Normal	11.28	7.58	Slightly hyperechoic	Normal	Normal	8.69	5.10
19	Hyperechoic	Normal	Enlarged	11.75	7.99	Normal	Normal	Normal	8.54	5.19
20	Hyperechoic, small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Enlarged	Normal	16.03	10.98	Small fibrotic hyperechoic spots	Normal	Normal	11.87	7.35