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*** Significant inflammatory infiltrate in the mucosa and sometimes deeper layers.

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~~==Idiopathic Eosinophilic Enteritis==~~

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*Dairy cows

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*Thickened [[Small Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|small intestine]], mesenteric lymphadenopathy.

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*[[Small Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|small intestine]]

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**Marked oedema, lymphangiectasia without vasculitis

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**Eosinophilic infiltration of the intestinal mucosa (esp. at the villus tip).

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*Eosinophilic enteritis associated with hypoalbuminaemia, hypoglobulinaemia and eosinophilia in other species. The extent of the biochemical changes reflect the extent of the histological changes in the gut.

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**Not so in these cases.

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*In man, eosinophilic enteritis called if ≥20 eosinophils per HPF in the gut.

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*No cause in these cattle found … although loweed ingestion can cause eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

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~~[Idiopathic eosinophilic enteritis in 4 cattle. JAVMA (1998) 212 258-61]~~

==Granulomatous enteritis==

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