What causes digestive problems, vomiting, flatulence and diarrhoea?
When your dog’s digestive system is functioning smoothly, a typical meal takes 7- to 10-hours to pass through the digestive system. During this time, various organs reduce food into nutrients (carbohydrates to simple sugars, fats to fatty acids and proteins to amino acids) that your dog’s cells can absorb and use. Unfortunately, most dog owners have experienced the common consequences of canine digestive disorders – vomit and diarrhea. Causes of digestive disorders There are many causes of canine digestive disorders: • sudden changes in diet, • overeating, • ingestion of garbage or toxins, • food allergies, • infection (bacterial or viral), • inflammatory bowel disease, • cancer, • foreign bodies, • metabolic diseases, • organ failure such as kidney, liver and pancreatic disease, and parasites. The above causes may stall digestive processes, causing constipation, while others rush food through the system too quickly, resulting in minimal nutrient and water absorption and a large volume
