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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
General health problems General health problems

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Weight loss

Increased calorie Loss of calories Decreased calorie
use uptake

Energy for
additonal cells Increased Renal Intestinal Impaired glucose Low energy Mal- â Anorexia
/tissue/ metabolism uptake into cells content in diet assimilation pp. 34–35
organisms

– Protein- – Protein- – Diabetes – Feeding
Hormonal Physio- uria losing mellitus inadequate diet
Pregnancy Parasites Neoplasia Malabsorption Maldigestion
influence logic – Glucosuria entero- (e.g. vegan)
pathy concerning
species, age,
activity level
– Poor-quality
– Dirofilariosis – Stress diet – Exocrine
– Gastrointestinal worms Hyper- – Lactation Damage to the gut pancreatic
– Ectoparasites thyroidism wall insufficiency
– Bile deficiency
due to cholestasis

– Intestinal
parasites
– Chronic enteritis
– Infiltrative
gastrointestinal
neoplasia

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