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Two unusual cases of canine exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Author(s) -
Westermarck E.,
RimailaPärnänen E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1989.tb01458.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exocrine pancreatic insufficiency , subclinical infection , german shepherd dog , pancreas , gastroenterology , disease , pathology
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) was diagnosed in two German shepherd dogs and treatment given for three months and two years. The owners later discontinued therapy because the dogs' condition improved and both had a normal life for 2.5 and 5.5 years without medication or modified diet. This suggests that dogs with EPI do not always exhibit clinical signs and that the disease can occur in a ‘subclinical’ form. The atrophic process of the pancreas was followed by serial histopathological examination of biopsies in one of the dogs.