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HISTIOCYTIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN A BOXER DOG
Author(s) -
Hill F. W. G.,
Sullivan N. D.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1978.tb05577.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , bloody , histiocyte , enema , prednisolone , gastroenterology , proctoscopy , betamethasone , colitis , mucus , feces , defecation , pathology , surgery , rectum , disease , biology , ecology , paleontology
SUMMARY: A 2‐year‐old male Boxer dog had passed loose faeces mixed with fresh blood and mucus for 8 months. Tenesmus after defaecation was a feature. Colitis was diagnosed from the proctoscopic appearance of the recto‐colonic mucosa and confirmed from a biopsy. The disorder proved unresponsive to sulphasalazine therapy, but oral chloramphenicol, betamethasone and prednisolone enemas administered over a 6‐week period produced a satisfactory clinical improvement, which persisted for a further 3 weeks without treatment. However, follow‐up proctoscopy showed only a marginal improvement in the appearance of the mucosa and appeared to exacerbate further bloody diarrhoea, which persisted. The dog was destroyed and histiocytic ulcerative colitis confirmed at autopsy.