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Table 3 Medical and dietary interventions besides corticosteroids prior to cholestyramine treatment

From: Cholestyramine treatment in two dogs with presumptive bile acid diarrhoea: a case report

Immunosuppressanta

Case 1

Case 2

 Cyclosporine (Cyclance vet; Virbac, Kolding, Denmark)

5 mg/kg q 24 h

N/A

 Cyclosporine (Modulis Vet; Ceva, Lund, Sweden)

N/A

5 mg/kg q 24 h

 Mycophenolate (Myfenax; Teva, Haarlem, the Netherlands)

10 mg/kg q 12 h

N/A

Antibiotics

 Metronidazole (Flagyl; Sanofi, Stockholm, Sweden)

10 mg/kg q 24 h

15 mg/kg q 24 h

Miscellaneous drugs

 Loperamide (Imodium; McNeil, Solna, Sweden)

0.08 mg/kg q 12 h

0.1 mg/kg q 12 h

 Olsalazine (Dipentum; Pharmanovia, Basildon, Great Britain)

10 mg/kg q 12 h

15 mg/kg q 12 h

Pro-and prebiotics

 Mixed pre- and probiotic (Pro-fibre; Protexin vet)

15 g q 12 h

15 g q 12 h

 Single strain probiotic (Fortiflora; Purina)

N/A

1 sachet q 24 h

 Multistrain probiotic (Sivomixx; Ormendes)

1 sachet q 24 h

1 sachet q 24 h

 Psyllium (Vi-Siblin; Meda)

30 ml q 12 h

N/A

Diets

 KD hydrolyzed protein diet (RC Hypoallergenic soy and rice)

Y

Y

 KD hydrolyzed protein diet (Purina HA soy and corn)

Y

Y

 KD hydrolyzed protein diet (Hill’s Z/D chicken and rice)

N/A

Y

 KD hydrolyzed protein diet (Specific CDD-HY salmon and rice)

N/A

Y

 KD single protein (RC Sensitivity control duck and tapioca)

Y

N/A

 KD single protein (Hill’s D/D salmon and rice)

Y

N/A

 KD fibre rich (Hill’s Gastrointestinal Biome Digestive)

Y

N/A

Faecal Microbial Transplantation as rectal enema

 Treatments

1

3

  1. aadd-on immunosupressants were given one at a time, N/A not applicable, KD kibble diet, Y dietary trial performed, RC Royal Canin