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- Title
THERAPEUTIC DIET FOR A CAT WITH MEGACOLON AFTER A COLECTOMY SURGERY.
- Authors
Prasetyo, Dodik; Konfidenia, Lady; Maria, Yohana
- Abstract
A 5-year-old male neutered domestic short hair cat was difficulty to defecate for 3 days. The physical examination showed body weight 8.25 kg; temperature of 37.7oC and respiration rate 56x/min and a hard, solid mass was palpated on mesogastric and hypogastric region of the abdomen. An X-ray radiograph showed that the feces had been piling up on his colon region with the length of 26 cm, hence has been diagnosed megacolon with fausta prognose. Laxative treatment was given but didn't successfully to pass out the feces and a colectomy was performed on the 2th day. Pre-surgery hematology test was conducted with normal result except for the thrombocyte (slight thrombocytopenia), with followed post-surgery medications: cefotaxime, ketoprofen, nebacetine powder, ranitidine and hematodine. The first until the third day of post-surgery, the patient was given fluid therapy and dates pulp extract. Four days after the surgery, the patient was given a high-fiber diet Royal Canin Fibre Response© designed for cats with gastrointestinal problems such as constipation. The kibbles were mashed with water first and was given with the dose of 100 grams per day. The main focus of this therapy lies on the high fibers diet itself that consisted of several omega-3 components like Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to help manage GI health and enriched with a blend of soluble and insoluble fibers for healthy transit through the GI tract such as psyllium seed husk. After three days of thetherapeutic diet, on the 7th day after surgery, the patient had shown an improvement in physical condition and started normal defecation.
- Subjects
HIGH-fiber diet; DEFECATION; COLECTOMY; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC acid; EICOSAPENTAENOIC acid; GASTROINTESTINAL system
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2020, Vol 21, p397
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article