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*Gastrotomy feeding tube.
 
*Gastrotomy feeding tube.
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Mild oesophagitis:
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*withdraw oral food for 2-3 days and manage as an outpatient.
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More severe oesophagitis:
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*may need admitting to the hospital, Nil Per Os and animal may require enteral or parenteral nutritional support.
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Drugs:
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*oral sucralfate suspension
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*gastric acid secretory inhibitors (e.g. ranitidine, omeprazole) can be useful in cases of gastro-oesophageal reflux
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*broad spectrum antibiotics in animals with sever oesophagitis or aspiration pneumonia
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*analgesics
   
==Prognosis==
 
==Prognosis==
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Mild oesophagitis has a good prognosis whereas ulcerative oesophagitis and animals suffering from aspiration pneumonia have a more guarded prognosis.
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Animals with oesophageal foreign bodies without perforation carry a good prognosis. Those with oesophageal perforation carry a guarded prognosis depending on the degree of thoracic contamination.
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==References==
 
==References==
  
Mfield
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