Many dogs with epi thrive on raw diets and some owners find a raw diet is the only one that works for their dogs.
Epi in dogs diet.
Conversely other epi dogs cannot tolerate raw diets.
Home cooked raw food or a combination are also options.
Epi researchers suggest a low fiber diet below 4 that is usually grain free.
Finding the right food is trial and error every dog is different.
The same applies to the fiber content.
The dog food industry is constantly changing and increasing the availability of many different types of canine commercial diets in this section we have comprised a massive list of brand name foods that many of our members have used successfully however this is no guarantee that a particular commercial diet will work for your epi dog just because it worked for someone else s epi.
If your dog has chronic pancreatitis this can become epi.
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Dog food ideas for epi dogs.
There are three main causes of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency including.
Some epi dogs have unrelated food allergies further limiting their diet.
Most but not all epi dogs require a grain free food.
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency epi in dogs and cats is when acinar cells atrophy sometimes called pancreatic acinar atrophy paa in the exocrine part of the pancreas and is no longer producing sufficient digestive enzymes.
While most epi dogs do best on a low fiber below 4 grain free diet with normal amounts of fat older studies found a diet that was low in fat below 12 was better but this protocol has been changed some dogs may do just fine with grains and conversely others may still do better with a lower fat diet.
Older research suggested that fat should be restricted at below 12 while current research suggests normal amounts of fat some dogs will be able to tolerate more fiber than others or more fat and some may do well with some grains.
This in turn causes the nutrients in the food to pass through the body undigested.
Other dogs cannot tolerate even as little as 12 percent fat.
Bacterial lipase and high fat diets in canine exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
Pancreatic acinar atrphic paa is the most common cause of epi.
The same applies to the fiber content.
Other dogs cannot tolerate even as little as 12 percent fat.
Effects of diet on clinical signs of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in dogs.
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency epi also known as maldigestion syndrome causes an animal to be unable to break down the nutrients in food.
Many dogs with epi thrive on raw diets and some owners find that a raw diet is the only one that works for their dogs.
Conversely other epi dogs cannot tolerate raw diets.
Basically a cat or dog with epi is starving to death even as it develops a voracious appetite.
Some epi dogs have unrelated food allergies further limiting their diet.
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