Chapter 134 TABLE 134-1 Causes of Large Bowel Diarrhea
Canine Colitis
Diagnostic Approach
Etiologic Category
Cause
Infectious/parasitic
Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium spp., invasive E. coli, Trichuris vulpis, Giardia,
Histoplasma, Prototheca spp.
Dietary
Indiscretion, intolerance, allergy
Metabolic
Pancreatitis, uremia, hypoadrenocorticism, hypothyroidism
Inflammatory
Lymphoplasmacytic, granulomatous, neutrophilic, eosinophilic
Neoplasia
Adenocarcinoma, lymphosarcoma, polyps
Anatomic
Stricture, ileocolic or cecocolic intussusception, cecal eversion, foreign bodies
Functional
Motility disorders, idiopathic, “irritable bowel syndrome”
Secondary to small intestinal disease
Canine Colitis
