Gastroenterology

Chronic vomiting is a common presenting complaint from owners of dogs evaluated at both primary hospitals and referral institutions.

Nutritional supplementation is vital to the recovery process for most disease processes and after traumatic injury. However, many of these patients do not receive sufficient nutrition during the healing and recovery process.

Nutritional supplementation is vital to the healing process for most disease processes and after traumatic injury. However, many of these patients do not receive sufficient nutrition during the healing and recovery process. Over time, this lack of proteins, minerals, and energy substrates can lead to a state of general illness, malnutrition, and profound disability, a condition defined as cachexia.

The signs, causes and treatment of this condition in dogs and cats.

Enteral feeding tubes are an essential tool in the provision of nutritional support to animals unable or unwilling to consume sufficient calories on their own. Nutritional support should be considered for any animal that has been anorexic or has had inadequate voluntary caloric intake for ? 3 days, has lost ? 10% of their body weight or has other signs of malnutrition (e.g. poor hair coat, muscle wasting, poor wound healing, hypoalbuminemia, lymphopenia).

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Chronic diarrhea is best managed with targeted therapy based on a specific diagnosis.

The medical management of dogs with suspected small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, usually involves antibiotic therapy.

The medical management of dogs with suspected small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, usually involves antibiotic therapy.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been an important topic of discussion and research in canine and feline gastroenterology for more than 20 years.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been an important topic of discussion and research in canine and feline gastroenterology for more than 20 years.

Statistics from some procedures don't show a big difference between geriatric and mature horses.

Endoscopically assisted gastropexy may show promise in preventing gastric dilatation-volvulus in dogs at high risk for the life-threatening condition.

This session will cover radiographic and ultrasound imaging of the gastrointestinal tract. Many basic principles and "older" techniques will be discussed. Newer techniques including MR and CT imaging will be briefly discussed.

A 2-year-old intact male Boston terrier was evaluated because of a recent onset of gagging and vomiting.

The gastrointestinal microbiota, that is the collection of all microorganisms found in the gastrointestinal tract, has long been recognized to play a crucial role in gastrointestinal health.

This common disease in Thoroughbred racehorses hurts performance.

Prebiotics and probiotics promote beneficial intestinal bacteria numbers and improve gastrointestinal and overall health.

Sherry Sanderson, DVM, DACVIM, DACVN, answers questions about the advantages of feeding a prebiotic and probiotic in a synbiotic relationship.

Thorough and timely assessment play a significant role in successful treatment of the critical colic

Guidelines for managing the colic patient

More veterinary hospitals are now incorporating endoscopy equipment in their clinics.

In a recent publication (Walter, R., Dunn, M.E. et al. Nonsurgical resolution of gallbladder mucocele in two dogs. JAVMA, Vol 232, No. 11, June 1, 2008), the authors describe medical resolution of gallbladder mucoceles in two canine patients.

Over the last two decades, the importance of the GI microbiota­ (the collection of all GI microorganisms­) on GI and overall health has been recognized. Prebiotics, such as fructooligosaccharides or mannanoligosaccharides, serve as the main substrate source for beneficial bacterial species of the GI microbiota and, thus, have a great impact on the GI microbiota and, in turn, GI and overall health.

Prebiotics are nondigestible food ingredients that stimulate the growth or activity of beneficial bacteria in the intestines and, thus, may improve the host's health.