PurinaResearchReport
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
(21.06.2003) Karen L. Johnston VMD, MRCVS, PhD
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a clinical syndrome in human medicine. It is associated with symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, or weight loss caused by an abnormal accumulation of small bowel bacteria. A similar syndrome has been reported to occur in dogs and cats.
The diagnosis of SIBO relies on documenting higher numbers of proximal small intestinal bacteria than are normal for a particular species.6,7,20 It is essential, therefore, to understand the normal physiology of the proximal small intestine with regard to microbial numbers and common bacterial species. To this end, this article reviews the intestinal physiology of the healthy dog and cat relative to the clinical syndrome of SIBO in small animal internal medicine.
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