Doença inflamatória intestinal em cães: relato de casos / Inflammatory bowel disease in dogs: case reports

A doença inflamatória intestinal (DII) é uma enteropatia crônica idiopática que provoca distúrbios gastrointestinais em cães e gatos. Ocorre em animais com meia idade e as manifestações clínicas mais comuns incluem êmese e diarreia intermitente. A análise histológica permite classificar a DII de acordo com o infiltrado celular e pode ser obtida principalmente por laparotomia ou endoscopia. A terapia é baseada na dieta, oferta de fibras e medicações imunossupressoras. O objetivo do estudo é relatar três casos de DII, confirmada após biopsia. Neste relato os animais foram submetidos em procedimento de laparotomia e endoscopia digestiva alta para coleta de amostra histopatológica. Todos os animais foram diagnosticados com DII, contudo houve complicações pós-operatórias. O manejo dietético com proteínas de alta digestibilidade, suplementação de fibras e prednisona, azatioprina ou ciclosporina se demonstraram eficazes nestes pacientes.(AU)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an idiopathic chronic enteropathy characterized by gastrointestinal diseases in dogs and cats. The middle-aged animals are more affected and the clinical signs include vomiting and intermittent diarrhea. The histopathological analysis shows IBD classification according to the form of cellular infiltration in the lamina propria, mainly obtained by laparotomy or endoscopy. The treatment is based on diet, fiber supply, and immunosuppressive drugs. The objective of this trial is to report three IBD cases confirmed through histopathologic evaluation. In the trial the animals were submitted to laparotomy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to take histopathological samples. All animals were diagnosed with IBD, although there were some postoperative complications. The diet management with high digestibility fiber, fiber supplementation, prednisone and azathioprine or cyclosporine demonstrated effective in these patients.(AU)

Doença inflamatória intestinal em cães: relato de casos / Inflammatory bowel disease in dogs: case reports

A doença inflamatória intestinal (DII) é uma enteropatia crônica idiopática que provoca distúrbios gastrointestinais em cães e gatos. Ocorre em animais com meia idade e as manifestações clínicas mais comuns incluem êmese e diarreia intermitente. A análise histológica permite classificar a DII de acordo com o infiltrado celular e pode ser obtida principalmente por laparotomia ou endoscopia. A terapia é baseada na dieta, oferta de fibras e medicações imunossupressoras. O objetivo do estudo é relatar três casos de DII, confirmada após biopsia. Neste relato os animais foram submetidos em procedimento de laparotomia e endoscopia digestiva alta para coleta de amostra histopatológica. Todos os animais foram diagnosticados com DII, contudo houve complicações pós-operatórias. O manejo dietético com proteínas de alta digestibilidade, suplementação de fibras e prednisona, azatioprina ou ciclosporina se demonstraram eficazes nestes pacientes.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an idiopathic chronic enteropathy characterized by gastrointestinal diseases in dogs and cats. The middle-aged animals are more affected and the clinical signs include vomiting and intermittent diarrhea. The histopathological analysis shows IBD classification according to the form of cellular infiltration in the lamina propria, mainly obtained by laparotomy or endoscopy. The treatment is based on diet, fiber supply, and immunosuppressive drugs. The objective of this trial is to report three IBD cases confirmed through histopathologic evaluation. In the trial the animals were submitted to laparotomy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to take histopathological samples. All animals were diagnosed with IBD, although there were some postoperative complications. The diet management with high digestibility fiber, fiber supplementation, prednisone and azathioprine or cyclosporine demonstrated effective in these patients.

Evaluation of parameters obtained from two systems of gait analysis.

BACKGROUND: The technical difficulties in utilising the force platform have stimulated the use and development of other gait systems. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the values of gait parameters obtained from a pressure-sensitive walkway and from a treadmill in healthy dogs during walking. METHODS: Twelve healthy, privately owned, Labrador retriever dogs were used. During each trial, each dog was led across the pressure-sensitive walkway utilising a loose leash to the right of the handler. The velocity was restricted to the range of 0.9 to 1.1 m/s and the acceleration between -0.15 and 0.15 m/s2 . For the treadmill, each dog also walked with leash loose on the treadmill. The treadmill speed was maintained at 0.9m/s. The temporospatial variables, and percentage of body weight distribution/percentage of pressure were evaluated between the two gait systems. RESULTS: For both forelimbs and hind limbs, significant differences were found between stance percentage, which was higher on treadmill, and swing percentage and stride length/stance distance, which were higher on the pressure-sensitive walkway. The duty factor value was 0.57 for the pressure-sensitive walkway and 0.60 for treadmill. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Each gait system has limitations, but also advantages that must be considered depending upon the variable and animal to be evaluated. The gait parameters obtained from the Tekscan pressure-sensitive walkway and Gait4Dog treadmill revealed differences in the temporospatial parameters between systems, but similarity in body-weight distribution/pressure percentage.