Dietary and Nutritional Approaches to the Management of Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs and Cats

Kathrani, Aarti

Abstract

Nutrition can influence those functions of the gastrointestinal tract that can be adversely affected in chronic enteropathy, such as microbiota, mucosal immune system, intestinal permeability, and motility. Diet serves as a possible risk factor in disease pathogenesis and as a target for treatment in chronic enteropathy. Malnutrition is prevalent in people with inflammatory bowel disease and negatively affects outcome. Approximately two-thirds of dogs with protein-losing enteropathy due to chronic enteropathy or lymphangiectasia are underweight. Commercial diets and home-prepared diets have been used successfully in the management of chronic enteropathy. Fat restriction is the main dietary strategy for intestinal lymphangiectasia.

Citation

Kathrani, A. (2021). Dietary and Nutritional Approaches to the Management of Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs and Cats. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 51(1), 123-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.09.005

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 28, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 28, 2021
• Journal: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
• Print ISSN: 0195-5616
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 123-136
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.09.005
• Keywords: Small Animals
• Public URL: https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1442149
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