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==Description==
==Description==
'''Eosinophilic enteritis (EGE)''' is the second most common form of IBD, characterised by a mixed, but predominantly eosiphilic, mucosal inflammatory infiltration. EGE may be limited to the small intestine or it may affect other areas of the gastrointestinal tract such as stomach or colon.
'''Eosinophilic enteritis (EE)''' is the second most common form of IBD, characterised by a mixed, but predominantly eosiphilic, mucosal inflammatory infiltration. EGE may be limited to the small intestine or it may affect other areas of the gastrointestinal tract such as stomach or colon.
An eosinophilic infiltrate may indicate a diet-induced, type 1 hypersensitivity. However, most dogs do not respond to a purely exclusion diet. Endoparasitism should also be excluded prior to immunosuppressive therapy for EE.
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
====Biochemistry====
====Biochemistry====
*Eosinophilia
**This is not always present. Even when present, alone, it cannot prove the presence of EE.
**It is also a marker for parasitism, hypoadrenocorticism, allergic dermatological disease, allergic respiratory disease and mast cell tumour.
====Other Tests====
====Other Tests====
===Histopathology===
===Histopathology===
Biopsy
==Treatment==
*Dietary modification
**A hypoallergenic diet should be used
*Immunosuppressive therapy
Refer to [[Inflammatory Bowel Disease - WikiClinical #Treatment|IBD]] for further information