Inflammatory Bowel Disease
From Diabetes in Pets
Inflammatory bowel disease or IBD or can affect cats and dogs. The primary symptom is frequent diarrhea. It usually means instituting a restricted diet, after lots of testing, which in combination with diabetes can mean a very restricted diet.
Neuropathy can affect the bowels, which can lead to constipation and possibly other bowel symptoms.
These cats and dogs are case studies in Diabetes and IBD.
[edit] Further Reading
- Wiki cases--Feline Bowel Disorders
- Valley Sugarcats links on IBD
- IBD in Cats
- About IBD in Cats
- FDMB discussion on treating IBD with Diabetes
- Wheat Gluten Free Low-Carb Fancy Feast Flavors List
- Q & A: Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Feline Advisory Board
- Carbohydrate Malabsorption Is a Feature of Feline Inflammatory Bowel Disease but Does Not Increase Clinical Gastrointestinal Signs-The American Society for Nutritional Sciences-2004
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Cats-Petplace.com
- Malabsorption in Cats-Petplace.com
- Wiki cases--Canine Bowel Disorders
- AnimalHelp.com Canine Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Assessing Canine IBD
- IBD in Dogs
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs-Petplace.com
- Malabsorption in Dogs-Petplace.com
