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Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances In Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disease

  • Title: Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances In Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disease
  • Description:
    Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice (Fourth Edition), 2012; Chapter 18, pp 436–455.
  • Category: Internal Medicine

  • Abstract / Overview:

  • Figure 18-1. Normal canine intestinal water balance. Of a total volume of about 3 L of fluid presented to the intestine of a 20-kg dog each day, only about 20% comes from the diet; the remainder comes from the endogenous secretions of the gastroint estinal tract. Most of this fluid is resorbed, and only a fraction of it appears in the feces. A decrease in absorption or, less commonly, an increase in secretion results in an increase in fecal water content and diarrhea.

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    (From Burrows CF. Chronic diarrhea in the dog. Vet Clin North Am 1983;13:521.)