Pathophysiology of diarrhoea

Theresa McCann BVSc CertSAM MRCVS
James W Simpson BVM&S MPhil MRCVS, RCVS 
UK Vet - Vol 11 No 5 
June 2006

Diarrhoea is one of the commonest presenting complaints seen in small animal practice and is associated with a large number of differential diagnoses. This paper will review the underlying pathophysiology of diarrhoea, an understanding of which will assist the clinician when investigating individual cases and their subsequent treatment.