Inflammatory bowel disease versus chronic enteropathy in dogs: are they one and the same?

J Small Anim Pract

Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Translational Research and Animal Clinical Trial Study (TRACTS) Group, The University of Melbourne, Werribee 3030, Victoria, Australia.

Published: November 2016

The aim of this review is to discuss why "chronic enteropathy" might be a better term than "inflammatory bowel disease" in dogs, because the treatment and outcome of the disease is very different from that of inflammatory bowel disease in humans. The effect of food, antibiotics and immunosuppressant drugs on chronic enteropathy will be reviewed. New treatments under investigation will also be introduced. Although there are several studies evaluating treatment of chronic enteropathy in dogs, the quality and quantity of evidence supporting individual therapies remains scarce and more work is needed to improve management of this disease. Finally, new findings about dogs with chronic enteropathy complicated by protein-losing enteropathy will be discussed. Although prognosis for these dogs is poor, recent data might help improve their treatment.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12588DOI Listing

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