Antibiotic-responsive diarrhea in small animals.
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract
; 41(2): 273-86, 2011 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21486636
ABSTRACT
Antibiotic-responsive diarrhea (ARD) is an idiopathic syndrome causing chronic diarrhea in young, large-breed dogs. Why antibiotics are effective in controlling diarrhea is not understood, and whether small intestinal bacterial numbers are truly increased is now doubted, but previous focus on the condition being small intestinal bacterial overgrowth has hampered the understanding of this condition. The name ARD simply defines the condition, and studies are now looking at the interaction of small intestinal bacteria and the mucosa to try to understand why it occurs.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bacterial Infections
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Cat Diseases
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Diarrhea
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Dog Diseases
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom