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1
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Due to decreased appetite

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can't eat or won't eat
prehension difficulties 
painful mouth
dysphagia
loss of smell (loss of appetite in cats)
2
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anorexia - influenced by…

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blood glucose
body temp
metabolic products
neural input from GIT
substances released by neoplasia
psychic factors
(direct CNS pathology)
3
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anorexia - PE

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pyrexia
masses
severe constipation
severe heart disease
anaemia
icterus
4
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anorexia - causes

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toxins - exogenous or endogenous
pyrexia
electrolyte disturbance
hepatic disease
neoplasia
psychic factors
primary CNS disease
5
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maldigestion

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exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - most common
secondary enzyme deficiency
deficiency of bile acid
loss of brush border enzymes

6
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malabsorption

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nutrients digested normally
absorption in SI impared
structural disease of SI - most common
metabolic disease making absorption harder

7
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malabsorption - primary GI

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infl bowl disease (IBD) - relatively common
lymphangiectasia (can be secondary to IBD)
gastrointestinal lymphoma
severe SI bacterial overgrowth
dry feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

8
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malabsorption - clinical signs

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weight loss
diarrhoea
coprophagia

9
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malabsorption - secondary GI

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hepatic disease
right sided cardiac disease
hyperthyroidism - gut transit time increased + less time for absorption. weight loss also due to increased metabolic rate

10
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malutilisation - normal or increased appetite

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diarrhoea usually not significant feature
diabetes mellitus
congestive heart failure
dirofilariasis
neoplasia
hyperthyroidism
renal disease
11
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malutilisation - increased appetite

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diabetes mellitus

hyperthyroidism