title: Canine exocrine pancreatic insufficiency treated with porcine pancreatic extract.
abstract: A 1.8-year-old intact female Maltese dog was presented because of a history of chronic diarrhea, polyphagia, weight loss, and coprophagia. The patient was severely emaciated and evacuated very moist and four-smelling, yellow feces. Fecal stain with Sudan III revealed numerous lipid droplets. Result of fat absorption test showed aldigestion. A definite diagnosis was made based on trypsin-like immunoreactivity assay in serum which was low enough to be diagnosed as an exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. After pancreatic enzyme supplement with porcine pancreatin powder, the clinical signs were disappeared. This case report documents clinical manifestations, diagnostic tools, treatment and efficiency of oral pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in a Maltese dog.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ju Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong In
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Byeong Teck
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ha Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chul
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chae Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hee Myung
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D010188:Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D010194:Pancreatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D010194:Pancreatin