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==Aetiology and Pathogenesis==

==Aetiology and Pathogenesis==

Neutrophilic cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis results from ascending bacterial infection from the small intestines.  ''Escherichia coli'', ''Staphylococcus spp.'', ''Streptococcus spp.'', ''Clostridium spp.'', ''Bacillus'', ''Actinomyces'', ''Bacteroides'' and occasionally ''Salmonella spp.'' have been isolated.  Concurrent biliary tract disease are common in cats, especially pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease.  Other predisposing factors include bile duct obstruction, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis.

Neutrophilic cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis results from ascending bacterial infection from the small intestines.  ''Escherichia coli'', ''Staphylococcus spp.'', ''Streptococcus spp.'', ''Clostridium spp.'', ''Bacillus spp.'', ''Actinomyces spp.'', ''Bacteroides spp.'' and occasionally ''Salmonella spp.'' have been isolated.  Concurrent biliary tract disease are common in cats, especially pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease.  Other predisposing factors include bile duct obstruction, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis.

 

==Diagnosis==

==Diagnosis==