Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) IBD can cause symptoms such as chronic diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, and poor appetite. Treatment for IBD may involve dietary changes. This could include a novel protein, a hypoallergenic diet, orprobiotics for dogs. Dogs can also take medications to reduce in...
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Accurate diagnosis and effective long term therapy or control of alimentary disease in the dog and cat are difficult goals to achieve, due to a lack of comprehensive information on the specific conditions affecting the alimentary tract together with a lack of suitably practical methods of investigatio...
Background Chronic idiopathic lymphoplasmacytic rhinitis (CILPR) is a common inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology affecting the nasal cavity of dogs. The diagnosis is made by exclusion of other causes of nasal disease and specific therapeutic protocols are lacking. In human medicine, a ...
In many cases, quick diagnosis and treatment are key to a full recovery. Even if the problem is not disease-related, it’s important to prioritize your dog’s well-being and seek relief from their unpleasant symptoms as soon as possible. ...
Clinical Findings of GI Disease in Animals is common. Subacute pain is more common in cattle and is characterized by reluctance to move and by grunting with each respiration or deep palpation of the abdomen. Abdominal pain in dogs and cats may be acute or subacute and is characterized by ...
It can be caused by lots of things like eating something unsavoury (we all know our dogs love doing this!), parasites, viruses and foreign bodies, to name but a few. Chronic enteropathy or Inflammatory bowel disease Colitis Pancreatitis EPI - exocrine pancreatic insufficiency Food allergies...
Dog digestive problems are one of themost commonailments. A “digestive disorder” or disease is anything that occurs in a dog’s stomach and/or intestines, and even though they are usually not serious, some of the digestive problems in dogs can in fact be life-threatening. ...
In the host, resistance, age, nutrition, and concomitant disease also influence the course of parasitic infection. The economic importance of subclinical parasitism in farm animals is also determined by the above factors, and it is well established that lightly parasitized animals ...
The local distribution of helminths in dogs and cats and the evaluation of risk of contamination represent an important challenge for veterinarians due to their effects on animal health and their potential zoonotic risk. The overall goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the digesti...