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==Diagnosis==

==Diagnosis==

===History and Clinical Signs===

===History and Clinical Signs===

*History of eating a fatty meal

There is often a history of eating a fatty meal

*Anorexia (Dog - 91%, Cat - 97%)

Clinical signs include anorexia (Dog - 91%, Cat - 97%), Vomiting (Dog - 90%), Abdominal pain (Dog - 58%), Lethargy (Dog - 79%, Cat - 100%), Depression and Nausea.

*[[Control of Feeding - Anatomy & Physiology#The Vomit Reflex|Vomiting]] (Dog - 90%)

[[Diarrhoea|Diarrhoea]] is also a common feature sometimes with blood, fresh or melaena, due to the proximity of inflamed pancreas to the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]] and [[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|colon]]).

*Abdominal pain (Dog - 58%)

More severe cases may present in [[Shock - Pathology|shock]], [[Kidney Renal Failure - Pathology#Acute|acute renal failure]], [[Icterus|jaundiced]] (due to focal hepatic necrosis), or with [[:Category:Altered Impulse Formations|cardiac arrhythmias]] or [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology#Pulmonary oedema|pulmonary oedema]] or pleural effusions, widespread haemorrhage or [[Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation|DIC]]

*Lethargy (Dog - 79%, Cat - 100%)

Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis may present as [[Shock - Pathology|shock]] and collapse.

*Depression

A cranial abdominal mass may be palpated. In cats hypothermia is a common sign occuring in 68% of affected cats.

*Nausea

 

*[[Diarrhoea|Diarrhoea]] (Dog - 33%) (sometimes with blood, fresh or melaena, due to the proximity of inflamed pancreas to the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]] and [[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|colon]])

*More severe cases may present in [[Shock - Pathology|shock]], [[Kidney Renal Failure - Pathology#Acute|acute renal failure]], [[Icterus|jaundiced]] (due to focal hepatic necrosis), or with [[:Category:Altered Impulse Formations|cardiac arrhythmias]] or [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology#Pulmonary oedema|pulmonary oedema]] or pleural effusions, widespread haemorrhage or [[Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation|DIC]]

*Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis may present as [[Shock - Pathology|shock]] and collapse.

*Cranial abdominal mass

*Hypothermia (Cat - 68%)

*Mild ascites

*Mild ascites

*Dehydration (Mild to moderate) (Dog - 46%, Cat - 92%)

*Dehydration (Mild to moderate) (Dog - 46%, Cat - 92%)