What is diarrhoea?
frequent discharge of the bowels in a liquid form
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a nasogastric feeding tube?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a oesophageal feeding tube?
what the advantages and disadvantages of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube?
What structures can be examined on a rectal exam of small animals?
anal glands
rectal wall
repro tract
urethra
pelvis
lymph nodes
How can cause impacted anal glands?
diarrhoea doesn’t exert enough pressure on anal glands to empty them
obesity => decreased muscle tone
diet
infections
allergies