enteritis /en·ter·i·tis/ (en″ter-i´tis) inflammation of the intestine, especially of the small intestine.
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en·ter·i·tis ( n t -r  t s)n. Inflammation of the intestinal tract, especially of the small intestine. |
enteritis
[en′tərī′tis]
inflammation of the mucosal lining of the small intestine, resulting from a variety of causes-bacterial, viral, functional, and inflammatory. Involvement of both small and large intestines is called enterocolitis. Compare gastroenteritis.
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n small intestine inflammation affecting the mucosal lining; may stem from viral, bacterial, inflam-matory, and functional causes.
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n an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the small intestine.
rī´tis), n an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the small intestine.
enteritis
inflammation of the intestinal mucosa resulting in clinical signs of diarrhea, sometimes dysentery, abdominal pain and dehydration and electrolyte loss and imbalance. In more severe cases there is much mucus in the feces and in the worst ones there are shreds or even sheets of exfoliated mucosa. Gastritis is commonly an accompanying lesion. Vomiting may be a concurrent sign in monogastric animals. The causes are many and include bacteria, viruses, chemicals, damaged feedstuffs and nematode parasites and protozoa. Descriptions of those diseases will be found under the headings of their causative agents, e.g. rotavirus, coronavirus, enterovirus, Salmonella. There is a further list of diseases in which diarrhea is the cardinal sign but in which there are no lesions of enteritis. These are the enteropathies. See also enteropathy.
canine viral enteritis
common causes in dogs are canine parvoviruses, coronavirus and rotavirus. Other viruses isolated from dogs with enteritis but of unknown clinical significance are astrovirus, calicivirus and parainfluenza virus.
equine chronic eosinophilic enteritis
part of a multisystemic epitheliotropic syndrome including pancreatitis and dermatitis.
feline enteritis
see feline panleukopenia.
granulomatous enteritis
horses with this disease continue to lose condition over a long period and most have diarrhea and edema. There is a hypoproteinemia and protein loss in the feces. In dogs, the changes are similar, but may be segmental and can be the cause of partial obstruction.
hemocytic enteritis
enteritis of shrimps associated with blooms of some blue-green algae.
lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis
infiltration of the lamina propria with lymphocytes and plasma cells can be a nonspecific response to chronic inflammation, but is classified by some as a primary, immune-mediated disease of the intestine causing malabsorption, chronic watery diarrhea and sometimes a protein-losing enteropathy.
mink enteritis
see mink enteritis.
necrotic enteritis
see necrotic enteritis.
parvoviral enteritis
canine parvovirus.
phlegmonous enteritis
a condition with clinical signs resembling those of peritonitis, which may be secondary to other intestinal diseases, e.g. chronic obstruction, strangulated hernia, carcinoma.
proximal enteritis
duodenitis.
regional enteritis
see terminal ileitis.
turkey coronaviral enteritis
acute, highly infectious disease of turkeys of all ages characterized by inappetence, wet droppings, weight loss and heavy mortality is caused by a coronavirus. Called also bluecomb disease.
turkey hemorrhagic enteritis
caused by an adenovirus this disease affects turkey poults over 4 weeks old and is characterized by bloody droppings and sudden death. An epidemic disease now very widespread.
ulcerative enteritis
an acute disease of chickens, poults and game birds caused by Clostridium colinum. It is characterized by rapid spread of an acute symptomless disease. Quail show watery white droppings. Lesions include hemorrhagic enteritis in acute cases with ulceration the major finding in subacute cases. The morbidity in quail may be 100%, in chickens it is nearer 10%. Called also quail disease.
enteritis
Inflammation of the small intestine
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