Sibo

[wildmoor]

SIBO = Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
No genetic basis for this as been established but some breeds are more suseptible, GSDs being one of them.

Symtoms:
· Long-term (chronic) loose stools or diarrhea—common

· Weight loss, despite a reasonable appetite—common

· excessive gas

· Vomiting—occasional/variable

· Poor body condition

management
· Diet containing fructo-oligosaccharides is the only diet that has been shown to be beneficial in dogs with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

[wildmoor]

Primary Gastrointestinal;
Infectious
Inflamatory
Neoplastic
Toxic
Other

Secondary Gastrointestinal;
Exocrine pancreatic
Hepatic
Renal
Adrenal
Thyroid
Cardovascular
Central Nervous

[twinclaire]

Thank you wildmoor I have herd of this but i never really knew what it was, I understand now
mel xx

[GSDOWNER]

Just come across this, interesting reading