Sentences with phrase «smaller stool volume»

• Much smaller stool volume.

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However a small proportion of children with severe persistent diarrhoea (high stool volume and marked weight loss) may require specialised treatment in hospital and further modified diets, like a comminuted (finely chopped) chicken diet.

Stools with a higher volume and softer composition are necessary for colon health as smaller, harder stools can increase the pressure within the colon and cause weak spots in the intestinal Stools with a higher volume and softer composition are necessary for colon health as smaller, harder stools can increase the pressure within the colon and cause weak spots in the intestinal stools can increase the pressure within the colon and cause weak spots in the intestinal walls.

Hence, your dog will eat less in volume (and thus the extra cost of the food is somewhat offset) and excrete small and firm stools.

When the volume of stool is to small, or too firm or too loose, these two glands do not empty well and often become enlarged, inflamed and painful.

«There are variable degrees of expression of this disease trait, from a mild form to the most severe form, where patients are ravenous, losing weight, and passing large volumes of stool that are essentially undigested food,» says Tufts veterinarian Mary Labato, DVM, DACVIM, a specialist in small animal internal medicine.