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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
===Acute Treatment===
===Acute Treatment===
The general treatment involves fluid correction and maintenance while any underlying cause is treated. Support is then given to allow the inflammatory process to subside. Oral feeding should be witheld for a short a period as possible in patients that are vomiting but enteral and parenteral feeding can be well tolerated.
The general treatment involves fluid correction and maintenance while any underlying cause is treated. Support is then given to allow the inflammatory process to subside. Oral feeding should be witheld for a short in vomiting patients but enteral and parenteral feeding can be well tolerated.
'''Antibiotics''': if a pancreatic infection is suspected then [[Potentiated-Sulphonamides|trimethoprim-sulphonamide]] and [[Fluoroquinolones|enrofloxacin]] have good penetration to the pancreas.
'''Antibiotics''': if a pancreatic infection is suspected then [[Potentiated-Sulphonamides|trimethoprim-sulphonamide]] and [[Fluoroquinolones|enrofloxacin]] have good penetration to the pancreas.
'''Secretion prevention''': Has been found to have limited clinical use but high intravenous doses of secretin has been beneficial in rat models of pancreatitis.
'''Secretion prevention''': Has been found to have limited clinical use but high intravenous doses of secretin has been beneficial in rat models of pancreatitis.
'''Diet changes''': Small amounts of water offered once the patient has stopped vomiting. Food can be gradually introduced with a low protein and fat content as these are more likely to cause signs. Fat can be further introduced if symptoms have still not returned. If signs reoccur then further starvation should be carried out. Total parenteral nutrition can be used to sustain animals that are unable to tolerate food at all.
'''Diet changes''': Small amounts of water offered once the patient has stopped vomiting. Food can be gradually introduced with a low protein and fat content as these are more likely to cause signs. Fat can be further introduced if symptoms have still not returned. If signs reoccur then further starvation should be carried out. Total parenteral nutrition can be used to sustain animals that are unable to tolerate food at all.