Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: Self-Assessment Color Review, Second Edition, Q&A 15

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A 3-month-old female intact 123 Pitbull puppy presents for 2 days of anorexia, lethargy, vomiting clear fluid, and watery, fetid diarrhea. Radiographs were reported as normal. The puppy has received 3 of her puppy vaccination series. T = 39.6°C (103.3°F); HR = 165 bpm; RR = 25 bpm; CRT = 3 sec; MM pale and dry; femoral pulses bounding; perfusion hyperdynamic; 10% dehydration based on skin turgor and dry MM/corneas. Shortly after presentation the dog passed a large amount of liquid bloody stool (see image).

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