Chronic diarrhea: new strategies for the rational use of antibiotics in dogs

Chronic diarrhea in dogs: the diagnostic-therapeutic pathway The diagnosis of chronic diarrhea is made through standard methodologies such as CBC, serum biochemical profile analysis, urinalysis, fecal tests, assessment of pancreatic function and inflammation, and endocrine assays. In addition to these procedures, there is the use of imaging techniques (e.g., abdominal radiography),gastrointestinal endoscopy, andbiopsy examination of the intestinal mucosa. Empirical treatments are often administered before the patient undergoes the more invasive diagnostic tests, as they are potentially useful strategies for the management of canine chronic ent...