{"title":"Constipation and Obstipation","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/9781119376293.ch2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119376293.ch2","url":null,"abstract":"SIGNS/OBSERVED CHANGES IN THE PET • Straining to defecate with small or no fecal volume • Hard, dry bowel movement (feces) • Infrequent defecation • Small amount of liquid stool with mucus in it—sometimes with blood present, produced after prolonged straining to defecate (known as “tenesmus”) • Occasional vomiting, lack of appetite, and/or depression • Large bowel (colon) filled with hard bowel movement (feces) • Other signs depend on cause • Rectal examination may reveal a mass in the rectum or large intestine (colon); narrowing of the colon (known as a “colonic stricture”); perineal hernia, which develops when the muscles supporting the rectum weaken and separate, allowing the rectum and/or bladder to slide under the skin and causing swelling in the area of the anus; anal sac disease; presence of a foreign body or material; enlarged prostate; or narrowed pelvic canal","PeriodicalId":346936,"journal":{"name":"Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132228588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Salmon Poisoning Disease","authors":"Sarah R Hoggan","doi":"10.1002/9781119376293.ch79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119376293.ch79","url":null,"abstract":"Salmon Poisoning Disease is a potentially fatal condition seen in dogs that eat certain types of raw fish. Salmon (salmonid fish) and other anadromous fish (fish that swim upstream to breed) can be infected with a parasite called Nanophyetus salmincola. Overall, the parasite is relatively harmless. The danger occurs when the parasite itself is infected with a rickettsial organism called Neorickettsia helminthoeca. It’s this microorganism that causes salmon poisoning.","PeriodicalId":346936,"journal":{"name":"Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121597592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}