Three cases of idiopathic eosinophilic enteritis with chronic obstinatediarrhea in Japanese Black fattening cattle

[摘要] References(11)Cited-By(1)Eosinophilic enteritis (EOE) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease and is characterizedclinically by chronic obstinate diarrhea. Three Japanese Black (JB) fattening cattle (2males and 1 female) on different cattle farms presented with chronic episodic diarrheawithout fever or dehydration. Soft reddish spherical carneous tissues (1�?3 cm) wereoccasionally excreted within the diarrheic feces. Administration of antibiotics,antidiarrheal drugs and vermicides had no therapeutic effect, but dexamethasone improvedthe fecal characteristics. The symptoms persisted until the animals were slaughtered at27�?30 months of age. Histopathological examination of the intestines revealed markedeosinophilic infiltration in the lamina propria and submucosa. From these findings, wediagnosed these cattle as the first cases of EOE in JB cattle.

[学科分类] 兽医学

[关键词] eosinophilic enteritis;inflammatory bowel disease;Japanese Black cattle