Pre-illness dietary risk factors in dogs with chronic enteropathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary factors have been extensively studied as potential triggers of inflammatory bowel disease in humans. Scant literature exists regarding diet as a pre-illness risk factor in dogs with chronic enteropathy (CE).

Hypothesis

To evaluate possible pre-illness dietary risk factors in dogs with CE.

Animals

Ninety-five client-owned dogs; 48 with CE (25 presumptive and 23 confirmed) and 47 without a history of signs of gastrointestinal disease.

Methods

Retrospective case-control questionnaire-based study at a veterinary referral teaching hospital in the United Kingdom. Diet history was obtained relating to the onset of initial presenting signs for all dogs. The main diet consumed underwent ingredient analysis and caloric distribution calculation using a

SUBMITTER: Trewin I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10658591 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature