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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal tract

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Diarrhoea
Allotriophagia/
coprophagia

Chronic Acute

Polyphagia Gastric irritation Psychogenic
â Large â Small
intestinal intestinal Extra-gastro- Gastro-
diarrhoea diarrhoea intestinal intestinal
pp. 46–47 pp. 44–45
Independent of – Gastritis – Behavioural
nutrient deficiency Nutrient deficiency – Foreign body abnormality
â Polyphagia – Pancreatitis Partial Ingestion of
pp. 32–33 – Kidney failure obstruction inappropriate Infection
– Hypoadreno- substances
corticism

– Invagination – Spoiled food – Parasite
Deficiency of specific Energy deficiency – Foreign body – Toxins infestation
nutrients – Foreign body (e.g. Giardia,
– Change in coccidia)
diet – Parvovirosis
– Distemper
– Salmonellosis
– Iron deficiency – Clostridial
– Anaemia â Weight loss toxins
pp. 2–3 – Helminths

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