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==Description==
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*Occurs in cats, dogs, and pigs.  
 
*Occurs in cats, dogs, and pigs.  
 
*May be due to a lack of myenteric plexuses that occurs when  neuroblasts fail to migrate from the nerual crest to the colorectal myenteric plexuses.   
 
*May be due to a lack of myenteric plexuses that occurs when  neuroblasts fail to migrate from the nerual crest to the colorectal myenteric plexuses.   
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megacolon, likely caused by a lesion of the neuromuscular bed of the colon.  
 
megacolon, likely caused by a lesion of the neuromuscular bed of the colon.  
 
The etiology of megacolon often remains undiagnosed
 
The etiology of megacolon often remains undiagnosed
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==Signalment==
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==Diagnosis==
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===Clinical Signs===
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===Diagnostic Imaging===
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===Pathology===
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==Treatment==
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==Prognosis==
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==Links==
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==References==
    
[[Category:Intestines_-_Developmental_Pathology]][[Category:Dog]][[Category:Cat]][[Category:Pig]]
 
[[Category:Intestines_-_Developmental_Pathology]][[Category:Dog]][[Category:Cat]][[Category:Pig]]
 
[[Category:To_Do_-_Lizzie]]
 
[[Category:To_Do_-_Lizzie]]
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