Types of diarrhea:
(1)bacterial
Most common . salmonella - ecoli
What to watch for; fever ,watery diarrhea , predisposed to dehydration , sudden onset
Salmonellal diarrhea is charachteristic with yellowish colour and fetid odour
Antibiotics of choice for salmonella:amoxicillin,chloramphenicol,fluroquinolones,sulfa and trimethoprime
Leptospirosis in dogs bloody diarrhea
(2)protozoal
Giardia,amoeba,coccidian
Usually accompanied with mucous amd fetid odour may be whitish or greenish in colour
Treatment :metronidazole, sulfa , metronidazole
(3)viral
Dogs:parvo ,canine distemper , corona virus >>> developes to bloody diarrhea
Cats:the most common panleukopenia virus > bloody diarrhea
Feline immunodeffeciency
Treatment is symptomatically and supportive care
(4)parasitic :round worm and tapeworms
Drug of choice ;albendazole,fenbendazole ,flubendazole
(5)dietary :
Due to sudden change of diet like changing from dry food to canned
food or due to food allergy to some types of
diet,preservatives,flavoring or food addetives
Treatment : eliminate the cause of the diarrhea
Abnormal colours of stools:
(1)red stools
Means there is blood in stools refers to intestinal bleeding from
colon or rectum due to parsites or inflammatory bowl disease or anal
fissure.
(2)black stools:
Means internal bleeding from the stomach or upper part of GIT> gastric ulcer or iron supplement in diet
(3)green stool: bile in stools due to fast passage of stools through large intestine
Giardia infection
(4)yellow or pale stool:
Means absence of bile due to liver damage, gall bladder stones,bile duct obstruction
(5)mucous in stools:
Protozoal infection
Obstruction of intestine
