Chronic enteropathy, manifesting itself as chronic gastrointestinal signs such as vomiting, diarrhoea, altered appetite and weight loss, is common in general practice. Patients can respond to a variety of treatment modalities including diet and immunosuppression. Interest in the use of probiotics to treat chronic gastrointestinal disease has increased in recent years, bolstered by a better understanding of the gastrointestinal microbiota and the effects probiotics may have on gut health. Studies into probiotic use in chronic enteropathy are variable in their design and examined outputs, making application of their results somewhat challenging in practice. In this article, the current evidence on probiotic use in companion animals with chronic enteropathy is reviewed and summarised.
Rees et al. (Tue,) studied this question.