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| ==Signalment== | | ==Signalment== |
− | Basenjis have been reported to suffer from a severe form of this disease. | + | *Often affects older animals but kittens of 16 weeks old and puppies of 20 weeks old have been reported. |
| + | *Basenjis have been reported to suffer from a severe form known as immunoproliferative disease. |
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| ==Diagnosis== | | ==Diagnosis== |
| ===Clinical Signs=== | | ===Clinical Signs=== |
− | *Small intestinal diarrhoea. | + | Most common: |
− | *Weight loss | + | *small intestinal diarrhoea. |
− | *Protein - losing enteropathy in severe cases | + | *weight loss |
− | *Chronic vomiting (common in cats, sometimes in dogs) | + | *protein - losing enteropathy in severe cases |
| + | *chronic vomiting (more common presentation in cats compared to the other signs) |
| + | *Thickened small intestinal loops and mesenteric lymphadenopathy may be detected on physical examination in cats |
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| + | Others: |
| + | *Appetite changes |
| + | *Excessive borborygmi |
| + | *Abdominal discomfort |
| + | *Ascites or subcutaneous oedema if severe PLE resulting in hypoproteinaemia |
| + | *Concurrent systemic immune-mediated response and thromboembolism (rare) |
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