Use of immunonutriente to treat a diarrheic episode in a dog

Authors

  • Juliana Pereira Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina (UNISOCIESC)
  • Katherinne Barth Wanis Figueiredo Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - UNISOCIESC
  • Juliana de Abreu Pereira Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - UNISOCIESC
  • Natascha Jenifer Morante Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - UNISOCIESC
  • Thaís Karoline Pereira Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - UNISOCIESC
  • Adriana Bertelli Melzer Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - UNISOCIESC
  • Darlene Luciana Guse Kaiser Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina - UNISOCIESC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v15n01a721.1-5

Keywords:

glutamine, gastrointestinal tract

Abstract

Diarrhea is considered a very common sign in the pet clinic, and the use of immunomodulatory nutrients in the treatment of this condition is considered a new therapeutic modality increasingly used by veterinarians. Dietary supplementation of probiotics, prebiotics, and L-glutamine has shown beneficial effects in the control and treatment of diarrhea in humans. Due to the few descriptions of the use of immunonutrients in the veterinary literature, this study aimed to report the case of a female Poodle dog, aged 13 years, with diarrhea, submitted to oral glutamine treatment for 5 days, which resulted in the complete remission of the diarrheal episode.

Published

2021-01-13

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Use of immunonutriente to treat a diarrheic episode in a dog. (2021). Pubvet, 15(01). https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v15n01a721.1-5

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