EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS SYNDROME IN A DOG

We performed a clinical and pathological study of a 5 year old female mongrel dog (Drahthaar) with eosinophilic gastroenteritis. The animal was presented with vomiting and was reported to have had bloody diarrh oea for 4 months. The lesions were in atypical locations: in the fundu s of the stomach, the ileocaecal valve and the rectum, near the anal s phincter, The lesions in the stomach wall were particularly severe and included severe fibroplasia, especially in the muscle layer and submu cosa, Fibroplasia was less visible in the other locations, The presenc e of eosinophilic granulomatous masses led us to suspect a possible pa rasitic infection, although some authors note that this pathological c ondition may have an allergic aetiology.