Short bowel syndrome in dogs and cats.

various clinical signs that may result from removal of a large part of the small intestine with or without removal of part of the large intestine. SBS is common in humans and, especially, infants but is uncommon in dogs and cats because most animals that need large portions of intestine removed are euthanized. The decreased absorptive surface area of the small intestine due to extensive resection often results in inadequate digestion and absorption of nutrients and water as well as electrolyte imbalance and microand macroelement deficiencies.