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==Signalment==
==Signalment==
Basenjis have been reported to suffer from a severe form of this disease.
*Often affects older animals but kittens of 16 weeks old and puppies of 20 weeks old have been reported.
*Basenjis have been reported to suffer from a severe form known as immunoproliferative disease.
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Clinical Signs===
===Clinical Signs===
*Small intestinal diarrhoea.
Most common:
*Weight loss
*small intestinal diarrhoea.
*Protein - losing enteropathy in severe cases
*weight loss
*Chronic vomiting (common in cats, sometimes in dogs)
*protein - losing enteropathy in severe cases
*chronic vomiting (more common presentation in cats compared to the other signs)
*Thickened small intestinal loops and mesenteric lymphadenopathy may be detected on physical examination in cats
Others:
*Appetite changes
*Excessive borborygmi
*Abdominal discomfort
*Ascites or subcutaneous oedema if severe PLE resulting in hypoproteinaemia
*Concurrent systemic immune-mediated response and thromboembolism (rare)