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=Pathology=
==Pathology==
* Inflammatory bowel disease will result in malabsorption and in many cases, chronic diarrhoea.
* Inflammatory bowel disease will result in malabsorption and in many cases, chronic diarrhoea.
* The small and/or [[Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|large intestine]]s are affected.
* The small and/or [[Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|large intestine]]s are affected.
** The site determines whether diarrhoea is present.
** The site determines whether diarrhoea is present.
Additionally, can get extraintestinal abnormalities including cholangiohepatitis, nephritis, pancreatitis, polyarthropathy and thrombocytopenia (uncommon).
The term "inflammatory bowel disease" covers several conditions characterised by the major inflammatory cell(s) present. All have some common features: thickening of the mucosa, villus atrophy in advanced disease and significant inflammatory infiltrate in the mucosa and sometimes deeper layers.
==Granulomatous enteritis==
==Granulomatous enteritis==
Is seen mainly in the dog but also in the cat and horse. It is idiopathic but causes granulomatous inflammation.
Macrophages, giant cells, [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]], eosinophils, lymphocytes and plasma cells are present.
==Idiopathic colitis==
==Idiopathic colitis==