Chronic enteric disease and hypoproteinemia in 9 dogs
Finco, D.R.; Duncan, J.R.; Schall, W.D.; Hooper, B.E.; Chandler, F.W.; Keating, K.A.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 163(3): 262-271
1973
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 4721763 Document Number: 4
Features common to all dogs were an increase in or redistribution of body fluids (manifested as oedema, ascites, and hydrothorax) and hyproproteinemia. Evidence suggested that protein loss from the intestinal tract was a cause of the hyproproteinemia. Excessive loss of i/v administered 51Cr-labelled human albumin from the intestines was documented in three dogs. Impaired intestinal absorption may also have been a factor in the development of hyproproteinemia, because fat and carbohydrate absorption were impaired in some dogs. Although the cause of the disease could not be established, several dogs had dilatation of intestinal lymphatics, suggesting blockage of these structures.
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