What causes dog pancreatitis? Can mold, cat poop, or diet contribute?

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The vet my fiancee took our dog too didn't exactly explain to him what pancreatitis is, trying to research it a little more. Could it be caused by a mold problem in the apartment, or could eating cat poop fro. Outside contribute to it? Also the highs and lows of his blood work, with the red blood cell count, I was curious if that was because of his pancreas. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 7 years and 11 months old | 9 lbs

Susan England-Foster · Accepted Answer

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It can be caused secondary to any type of inflammation in the stomach or possible high fat diet. IF Olive ate cat poop than started vomiting. It is possible the vomiting cause pancreatitis but the poop just caused gastric upset. Pancreatitis can be mild where patient recovers fast or can be really severe where patient needs hospitalized. I have not personally seen a case of pancreatitis due to mold. However if the mold caused vomiting or diarrhea it is possible. It can affect the white blood cells in the body. Typically the wbc do increase with this disease because of inflammation. hope that helps

What causes dog pancreatitis? Can mold, cat poop, or diet contribute?

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