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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Psychosomatic large intestinal disease in dogs caused by chronic anxiety and stress.
Key Facts
- Completely different from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- IBS biopsy results are normal (no physical intestinal damage)
- Accounts for 10-15% of chronic large intestinal diarrhea cases
- Fresh blood in diarrhea suggests physical cause, not IBS
- Insoluble fiber supplementation helpful
- Anxiety management: alpha-casozepine, L-theanine, DAP pheromones
- Diagnosed only after ruling out all physical causes