Dicrocoeliosis in Cats and Dogs

Dicrocoeliosis in Cats and Dogs

N e s v a d b a J . : Dicrocoeliosis in Cats and Dogs. Acta Vet. Brno 2006, 75: 289-293. This paper is the first report of clinical cases of dicrocoeliosis in cats and dogs. In cats, symptoms manifested as inappetence, diarrhoea, loss of weight, changes of hair coat, and, in particular, conjunctivitis with mucoserous discharge and prolapse of the third eyelid. In dogs, clinical symptoms manifes...

Pancreatitis in Dogs and Cats

The fundamental mechanism of disease in pancreatitis is autodigestion of pancreatic tissue by digestive enzymes that are prematurely activated within the pancreatic acinar cells. Normally, pancreatic digestive enzymes are released from the pancreas as inactive precursor zymogen granules. Trypsinogen within these granules is proteolytically cleaved and activated when it reaches the duodenal lume...

Hydrocephalus in Dogs and Cats

of an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the cranial cavity with subsequent dilation of the ventricular system. Hydrocephalus has been characterized by the anatomic relationship of the underlying disease process and abnormal pressure differences. Internal and external hydrocephalus refer to increased fluid accumulation within the ventricular and subarachnoid spaces, resp...

Pancreatitis in cats and dogs

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a syndrome caused by an insufficient amount of pancreatic digestive enzymes in the small intestine. Clinical signs most commonly reported in cats with EPI are weight loss, loose and voluminous stools, steatorrhea, polyphagia, and in some cases a greasy soiling of the hair coat in the perianal region. Serum feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity concentra...

Dermatology in Dogs and Cats