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[[Image:eosinophilic_enteritis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Histology of Eosinophilic enteritis in the horse <sup>©Susan Rhind, University of Edinburgh</sup>]]
 
[[Image:eosinophilic_enteritis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Histology of Eosinophilic enteritis in the horse <sup>©Susan Rhind, University of Edinburgh</sup>]]
 
==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
Eosinophilic enteritis (EE) is the second most common form of [[Inflammatory Bowel Disease#Treatment|IBD]], characterised by a mixed, but predominantly eosiphilic, mucosal inflammatory infiltration.  EGE may be limited to the small intestine or it may affect other areas of the gastrointestinal tract such as stomach or colon.
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Eosinophilic enteritis (EE) is the second most common form of [[Inflammatory Bowel Disease#Treatment|IBD]], characterised by a mixed, but predominantly eosiphilic, mucosal inflammatory infiltration.  EGE may be limited to the small intestine or it may affect other areas of the gastrointestinal tract such as stomach or colon; the condition is cetegorised into focal or diffuse EE.
    
An eosinophilic infiltrate may indicate a diet-induced, type 1 hypersensitivity.  However, most dogs do not respond to a purely exclusion diet.  Endoparasitism should also be excluded prior to immunosuppressive therapy for EE.
 
An eosinophilic infiltrate may indicate a diet-induced, type 1 hypersensitivity.  However, most dogs do not respond to a purely exclusion diet.  Endoparasitism should also be excluded prior to immunosuppressive therapy for EE.
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*** Eosinophils heavily infiltrate all layers of stomach and intestines.
 
*** Eosinophils heavily infiltrate all layers of stomach and intestines.
 
**It has been suggested that it is a type of hypersensitivity reaction.
 
**It has been suggested that it is a type of hypersensitivity reaction.
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==Signalment==
 
==Signalment==
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