While acute cases of diarrhea can be cause for great concern, chronic diarrhea, while less common, is also reason for a visit to your veterinarian. (professorshouse.com)
In acute cases, inflammation is a great response, it lets us know we are hurt, and it helps us to recover. (thehappybeast.com)
In order to differentiate between acute and chronic pancreatitis a biopsy is needed, but this requires surgery and is not always done for acute cases. (vetbabble.com)