Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Canine exocrine pancreatic insufficiency treated with porcine pancreatic extract.
- Journal:
- Journal of veterinary science
- Year:
- 2005
- Authors:
- Kim, Ju Won et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine · South Korea
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 1.8-year-old female Maltese dog was brought to the vet because she had been having chronic diarrhea, was eating a lot but losing weight, and was also eating her own stool. She was very thin and had very loose, smelly yellow poop. Tests showed that she wasn't absorbing fat properly, and a specific blood test confirmed she had exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, which means her pancreas wasn't producing enough digestive enzymes. After starting treatment with a powdered enzyme supplement made from pig pancreas, her symptoms completely went away.
Abstract
A 1.8-year-old intact female Maltese dog was presented because of a history of chronic diarrhea, polyphagia, weight loss, and coprophagia. The patient was severely emaciated and evacuated very moist and four-smelling, yellow feces. Fecal stain with Sudan III revealed numerous lipid droplets. Result of fat absorption test showed aldigestion. A definite diagnosis was made based on trypsin-like immunoreactivity assay in serum which was low enough to be diagnosed as an exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. After pancreatic enzyme supplement with porcine pancreatin powder, the clinical signs were disappeared. This case report documents clinical manifestations, diagnostic tools, treatment and efficiency of oral pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in a Maltese dog.
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