ASSOCIATION OF PERIANAL FISTULA AND COLITIS IN THE GERMAN-SHEPHERD DOG - RESPONSE TO HIGH-DOSE PREDNISONE AND DIETARY THERAPY

Authors
HARKIN KR WALSHAW R MULLANEY TP
Citation
Kr. Harkin et al., ASSOCIATION OF PERIANAL FISTULA AND COLITIS IN THE GERMAN-SHEPHERD DOG - RESPONSE TO HIGH-DOSE PREDNISONE AND DIETARY THERAPY, The Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 32(6), 1996, pp. 515-520
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
The Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
05872871
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
515 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0587-2871(1996)32:6<515:AOPFAC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Twenty-seven German shepherd dogs with perianal fistulas and histologi cal evidence of colitis were entered in a prospective clinical study t o investigate the association between perianal fistula and colitis. Ad ditionally, the response of perianal fistula disease to immunosuppress ive doses of prednisone and an alternative protein diet was evaluated All 27 cases completed the treatment protocol, and perianal fistulas c ompletely resolved in nine (33.3%) cases, improved in nine cases, and remained unchanged in nine cases.