Acute infectious gastroenteritis in UK dogs. Part 2: diagnosis and management

Many pathogens have the potential to induce acute gastroenteritis in dogs, but determining whether these are the cause of the clinical signs, and deciding how to manage suspect cases can be problematic.

Part two of this article begins by discussing the indications for pathogen testing and the interpretation of the results obtained. Case management is then reviewed with a focus on the controversy surrounding antimicrobial therapy