Author Topic: Feline Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Nature and Treatment - Lyn Thomson, BVSc DipH  (Read 1556 times)

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Offline Growlies

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Cat puking all the time?

Cat have the trots all the time?

Ever consider it might be gut inflammation?
 

Fantastic new article on just this topic by Feline-Nutrition.org

http://feline-nutrition.org/health/feline-inflammatory-bowel-disease-nature-and-treatment

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 thumbsup1 thumbsup1 thumbsup1 thumbsup1  Makes sooo much sense!!

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The absorption of digested food happens in the small intestine, mainly in the first two parts, the duodenum and the jejunum. The walls of these parts of the digestive system form tiny finger-like projections called villi with deep crypts between them. These villi are lined by cells called enterocytes, which work to absorb nutrients and pass them in to the blood stream to nourish the body. The importance of these cells can not be overstated. These cells are born in the base of the villi, known as the crypts, and travel to the top of the villi where they are shed off, constantly being renewed as in their short life, they work incredibly hard.
 
The changes seen in the intestines of a cat with IBD include clear architectural changes. The villi change their shape and become flat and blunted, fusing together and decreasing the surface area available for absorption of nutrients. Inflammatory infiltrate fills the crypts and flattens the wall of the gut. The cells lining the villi, the all important enterocytes, can no longer function properly. The integrity of the gut mucosa is damaged, and results in increased permeability to toxins from the gut lumen and increased bacterial translocation.
 
All of this damage leads to chronic vomiting and diarrhoea as the ability of the intestines to digest food is impaired.

Not to beat a dead horse but how many cats are eating stuff they aren't even capable of chewing, let alone digesting?  

(Are Biology classes forbidden in the veterinary Universities????? )

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