Sentences with phrase «chronic small bowel»

«I am convinced that the vomiting of hairballs is a sign of chronic small bowel disease if it occurs twice a month or more in any cat; or if it occurs once every two months or more in shorthaired cats; or if it occurs in cats that are not fastidious groomers, i.e., presented with many mats in their hair coats or with heavy dandruff,» says Norsworthy.

The authors of the study, led by Dr. Gary Norsworthy, owner of the Alamo Feline Health Center, reached the stunning conclusion that «chronic small bowel disease likely is the cause of these clinical signs in hundreds of thousands of cats.»

Norsworthy and his associates set out to determine if chronic small bowel disease was present in the 100 cats with the symptoms noted above, as well as thickening of the small bowel wall.

In November 2013, a study was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) titled «Diagnosis of chronic small bowel disease in cats: 100 cases (2008 — 2012).

Not exact matches

A constellation of diseases that involve chronic inflammation of your small intestine and colon, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) occurs when your immune system goes into overdrive and views food, bacteria and other normal residents of your digestive tract as invaders.

Intestinal and colonic diseases: examination of small bowel enzymes in chronic diarrhea.

Small bowel bacterial overgrowth is a chronic condition.

Chronic vomiting can be an indicator of serious diseases of the small intestine, including inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal lymphoma.

The main differential diagnoses for a cat presented with diarrhea, weight loss and changes in appetite are hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus and chronic small intestinal disease (most commonly inflammatory bowel disease).

Symptomatic SIBO typically presents in young animals as chronic intermittent small bowel diarrhoea, which may be accompanied by loss of body weight or failure to gain weight.

It typically presents in young animals as chronic intermittent small bowel diarrhoea, which may be accompanied by loss of body weight or failure to gain weight.

And while the study addresses a probable root cause of chronic vomiting, it doesn't address potential root causes of small bowel disease in, by Dr. Norsworthy's calculations, hundreds of thousands of cats.

Dr. Norsworthy's study sheds some much - needed light on what seems to be a very common cause of chronic vomiting in pet cats — small bowel disease.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are the most common causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, and refer to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal tract disorders, characterized by infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, or combinations of these cells.12 The diagnosis of IBD requires the comprehensive exclusion of potential causes of gastrointestinal inflammation, including intestinal parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bacterial enterocolitis, dietary intolerances or allergies, and neoplasia.12 Failure to eliminate known causes of gastrointestinal inflammation which can mimic IBD can result in frustration for the owner and clinician due to poor responsiveness of the animal to dietary or pharmacologic theBOWEL DISEASE (IBD) The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are the most common causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, and refer to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal tract disorders, characterized by infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, or combinations of these cells.12 The diagnosis of IBD requires the comprehensive exclusion of potential causes of gastrointestinal inflammation, including intestinal parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bacterial enterocolitis, dietary intolerances or allergies, and neoplasia.12 Failure to eliminate known causes of gastrointestinal inflammation which can mimic IBD can result in frustration for the owner and clinician due to poor responsiveness of the animal to dietary or pharmacologic thebowel diseases (IBD) are the most common causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, and refer to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal tract disorders, characterized by infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, or combinations of these cells.12 The diagnosis of IBD requires the comprehensive exclusion of potential causes of gastrointestinal inflammation, including intestinal parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bacterial enterocolitis, dietary intolerances or allergies, and neoplasia.12 Failure to eliminate known causes of gastrointestinal inflammation which can mimic IBD can result in frustration for the owner and clinician due to poor responsiveness of the animal to dietary or pharmacologic therapy.

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Dogs with small bowel diarrhea may vomit, and in cases of chronic diarrhea may have weight loss.