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Signalment
Description
Diagnosis
History
Clinical Signs
Laboratory Tests
Diagnostic Imaging
Treatment
Prognosis
References
Hall, E.J, Simpson, J.W. and Williams, D.A. (2005) BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Gastroenterology (2nd Edition) BSAVA
Merck & Co (2008) The Merck Veterinary Manual
- Yorkshire terriers, labs, minature poodles are predisposed
- Middle-old dogs
- Increased risk with obesity, diabetes mellitus, hyperadrenocorticalism, prior GIT disease or epilepsy (?treatment associated).
- Male and speyed females > intact females.
Clinical signs
- Anorexia
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Lethargy
- Depression
- Nausea
- Diarrhoea (sometimes with blood, fresh or melaena, due to the proximity of inflamed pancreas to the duodenum and colon)
- More severe cases may present in shock, acute renal failure, jaundiced (due to focal hepatic necrosis), or with cardiac arrhythmias or pulmonary oedema or pleural effusions, widespread haemorrhage or DIC
- Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis may present as circulatory collapse