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Diagnostic Approach to Weight Loss (Presenting complaint…
Diagnostic Approach to Weight Loss
Presenting complaint
Identify owners complaint (what is the owner worried about)
Signalment/History
Build an image of the patient
Identify if history can relate to current problems
Physical Examination
work from front to back
Initially watch the animal how it behaves and how it moves
4.make assumption about underlying mechanism
Inadequate intake/utilisation if feed
Intake
no disease process not enough avaliable nutrition
Supplied adequate feed but cant get to it
Utilisation
Not utilisation enough food
Increased metabolic rate
Normal horse just higher energy demands e.g. pregnancy, higher activity level
disease process
Organ dysfunction
Renal
GIT
Hepatobilliary
Cardiac