Acute enteritis or gastroenteritis in young dogs as a predisposing factor for intestinal intussusception: a retrospective study

Various types of intestinal intussusception were diagnosed in 29 of 220 you ng dogs with acute enteritis or gastroenteritis, due to canine parvovirus ( 85 cases) or presumably to other infectious agents, inflammation or less co mmon hypermotility and metabolic derangements (135 cases). As the other cau ses of the disease were excluded, acute enteritis or gastroenteritis was co nsidered to be the most likely predisposing factor for the intestinal intus susception. The most common type of intussusception was found to be the ile ocolic. Of the 21 dogs that underwent surgical resection and anastomosis of the intestine, 18 dogs recovered completely and three died due to complica tions. The high survival rate was due to the effective pre-operative, surgi cal and post-operative therapy.