Pancreatitis in dogs - inflammation of the pancreatic tissue - a fairly common disease.
Pancreatitis in dogs - causes
At the moment there is no clearly established cause of this disease. There are only a number of assumptions: first, pancreatitis can be a consequence of the disease (plague, enteritis , leptospirosis, hepatitis), occur after surgery or medication; secondly, getting into the body together with poor-quality feeds of harmful substances; thirdly, the wrong diet (in particular, overeating fatty foods). Also, do not discount the heredity - some breeds ( chihuahua , collies, miniature schnauzers and some others) are predisposed to this disease. Pancreatitis in a dog is difficult to diagnose and therefore some symptoms - lethargy, general weakness, loss of appetite and vomiting, loose stools with a sour fetid odor - can serve as a basis for anxiety. If these symptoms are accompanied by a rise in temperature, and often tachycardia, then the dog has all the obvious signs of pancreatitis.
It is necessary to distinguish between chronic pancreatitis, manifested over a long period of time (characteristic signs - weight loss against a background of good nutrition and frequent, intense molting at any time of the year) and acute pancreatitis. At a dog attacks of an acute pancreatitis happen suddenly, after reception of nutrition. The animal has severe vomiting, temperature jumps and an increase in heart rate are possible. In addition, a characteristic symptom of acute pancreatitis in dogs is soreness in the abdomen. The dog thus, as it were, pulls up the stomach, hunches and arches his back.
Watch your pet. Any disease, pancreatitis including, is easier to treat at the initial stage.