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- Diarrhea
- Weight loss
- Vomiting
- Increased appetite
- Dullness and depression
- Poor coat
- Flatulence
- Inflammation: the bowel wall may become swollen as a result of a dietary allergy, food intolerance, or conditions such as eosinophilic enteritis, in which one type of white cell floods the bowel wall.
- Cancer: Bowel cancers such as adenocarcinoma or intestinal lymphosarcoma
- Infections: Such as campylobacter, cryptosporidia, giardia, or parasitic worms
- Damage to the gut wall: As a result of viral infections or an overgrowth of unhelpful bacteria.
- A low fat, highly digestible diet or a high fiber diet
- B Vitamin injections to replenish low levels in the bowel wall
- Deworming and / or an antibiotic such as metronidazole that has an anti-inflammatory effect on the bowel wall.
- Probiotics: To re-establish a healthy population of bacteria in the gut
- Hyperthyroidism: Medication, surgery, or radioactive iodine therapy.
- Cancer: Chemotherapy and surgery as necessary. Whilst lymphosarcoma might respond well to chemotherapy, adenocarcinoma carries a much poorer outlook. In addition, bowel surgery to remove any cancerous areas is associated with a risk of complications, such as peritonitis.
- Food allergy: Feed a hypoallergenic diet
- Bacterial overgrowth: Give a course of antibiotics and probiotics that promote the growth of healthy bowel bacteria
- Deworming: Or appropriate parasite control
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) If, despite dietary manipulation, the inflammation refuses to resolve, drugs such as steroids or other immunosuppressive drugs are most likely to be helpful.
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